BASE jumping

BASE jumping

See also: base jumping and B.A.S.E. jumping

English

Alternative forms

• B.A.S.E. jumping, base jumping

Etymology

BASE stands for Building, Antenna, Span, Earth, four categories of fixed objects from which one can jump.

Noun

BASE jumping (uncountable)

1. (sports) An extreme sport consisting of jumping from a fixed structure on land, using a parachute

Translations

extreme sport

German: Base-Jumping n, Objektspringen m, Objektsprung m Japanese: ベースジャンピング (bēsujampingu)

Russian: бейсджа́мпинг (ru) m (bɛjsdžámping) Spanish: salto BASE m

Verb

BASE jumping

1. present participle of BASE jump

Related terms

• BASE jumper