# Wingsuit flying in Norway

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wingsuit-flying-in-norway/479670>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [January 3, 2009, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wingsuit-flying-in-norway/479670 "2009-01-03T03:22:01Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![Xema](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/9de053/32.png) [@Xema](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xema)\
**Post date:** [January 3, 2009, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wingsuit-flying-in-norway/479670/1 "2009-01-03T03:22:01Z")

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I recently came across this video of [wingsuit BASE jumpers in Norway](http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=1778399&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1). Pretty amazing.

Thought it may be worth noting that Carl Boenish, the “father of BASE jumping” was killed during a jump in the area where this video was made.

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**Author:** ![Blue\_Mood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac91a4/32.png) [@Blue\_Mood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blue_Mood)\
**Post date:** [January 4, 2009, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wingsuit-flying-in-norway/479670/2 "2009-01-04T22:02:52Z")

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Is the link broken? It didn’t load when I tried opening it.

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**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\
**Post date:** [January 4, 2009, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wingsuit-flying-in-norway/479670/3 "2009-01-04T22:32:34Z")

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I would feel too guilty to do the abandoned skis method. I was trained not to litter, nor to ditch expensive sporting equipment casually.

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**Author:** ![threemae](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5f9b8f/32.png) [@threemae](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/threemae)\
**Post date:** [January 4, 2009, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wingsuit-flying-in-norway/479670/4 "2009-01-04T22:41:04Z")

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I typically find “extreme” sports and the videos thereof rather boring, but my reaction to that was “wow.”

It doesn’t look safe, but it does look cool.

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**Author:** ![Xema](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/9de053/32.png) [@Xema](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xema)\
**Post date:** [January 5, 2009, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wingsuit-flying-in-norway/479670/5 "2009-01-05T03:46:40Z")

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> [@foolsguinea](#):
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> I was trained not to litter, nor to ditch expensive sporting equipment casually.

Then you should definitely go for the ski-less version - much more pure and elemental.

I understand that this wall is popular and has been for more than 20 years. So I expect there are rules about cleaning up trash.

And I gotta believe those skis are mostly garage-sale specials.

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**Author:** ![Queen\_Bruin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Queen\_Bruin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Bruin)\
**Post date:** [January 5, 2009, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wingsuit-flying-in-norway/479670/6 "2009-01-05T04:47:50Z")

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:eek:

I told my husband, “I would never do that” at the beginning. At the end of the video: I totally want to do that. Damn. It looks dangerous but fun as hell.

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**Author:** ![Alienhand](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8edcca/32.png) [@Alienhand](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alienhand)\
**Post date:** [January 5, 2009, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wingsuit-flying-in-norway/479670/7 "2009-01-05T05:09:07Z")

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:eek:  
Holy crap that’s nuts but a very cool video. It’s probably just me, but that boot cam on Espin had a Neo feel to it. 🙂