May 25, 2010

thank you Rick and Joy Harrison

Rick and Joy wrote on Blink..

“Hey BASE Jumpers. Joy and I want to let everyone know we very much support Marah’s efforts to restore, edit and digitize Carl’s original BASE footage. I’ve seen the trailer she put together and the material is very good and has a real personal side of BASE, not just a bunch of jumps. I spoke to Jean Boenish yesterday and we all agree that we will donate the money we’ve been collecting this past year for issuing the BASE numbers and cards to Marah’s effort. Until further notice, we will continue sending any money we collect for issuing the numbers to help the cost of restoration. As I’m sure most of you know, Carl was the world’s best skydiving photographer in the late 60’s and all through the 70’s and everytime you made a BASE jump with Carl, you were going to wear at least one helmet mounted camera. Folks, this stuff has to be preserved before the film gets any older. Marah intends to make DVD’s once the work is all done and she needs support.



Thanks and remember, Drive Fast, Take Chances. For those who don’t know, it means, be careful out there.

Rick and Joy Harrison

BASE 38

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In the early eighties Carl Boenish coined the acronym “BASE” (standing for Buildings, Antenna, Span, and Earth, the objects jumped) and invented a sport. Carl was the catalyst behind modern BASE jumping; an electrical engineer and filmmaker who believed that BASE jumping would allow mankind to overcome artificial limitations. He religiously chronicled the early days of BASE in beautiful 16mm film, often with cameras mounted to the jumpers’ heads. He saw BASE as the next amazing thing to film. Subscribe via RSS.