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Nick and Giles had a background in aviation. Their father was a RAF pilot. Nick was flying with his dad in a world war two era. They ended up crashing. His dad Euan was killed and Nick broke his leg.

There is a place in china that has a population of 1.5 million people. It is a huge river valley. Archaeologists say people have been living there for ten thousand years. This places is 4,982 foot in to the Tianmen shan mountain.

Jeb made a attempt at a jump, he landed in a forest and everyone thought he was hurt bad or dead. They finally could see his parachute from the top of the mountain. They called out to him and he called back saying he was fine. Rescuers then ran down the mountain to get to him. They tried to put a harness on him to help him back up the mountain.He said that took to long and he started up the mountain for another jump.

Gary wanted to jump out of a aircraft without using a parachute, with just a wingsuit. Mark told gary that he would be his teammate and that he would self fund himself. They made a good team because gary was a stuntman who was just ready to go and mark was a thinking mathematical man that would plan everything out.

Each summer hundreds of base jumpers and wingsuit pilots from around the world gather in the bernese Alps, in Switzerland. This place is home to the 7,500 foot mountain in eastern switzerland. Jeb jumped from this mountain with a wingsuit and a parachute on july 16, 2011.

Jebs student karina had told him she has been on 223 skydives. She finally confessed that she had only been on 23. Jeb felt that he could no longer take her base jumping. He felt as if he would be sending her on a suicide mission because she had such little experience.

Jeb has become a master. This means he can take on his first student jumper. He took on his first jumper in the winter of 2002. His students name was Karina Hollekim.

The places they had to stay in new york were 600 dollars a night. In his room Jeb got the window open using needle nose pliers. When he got his window open he launched. His parachute snapped open. The guy named Liro that was with jeb also jumped.

Shoebathom is worried that some new things in the sport will just cause injuries and death. He knows this will not bring anything good to the sport. Jeb likes the directions the sport is heading in but he knows shoebathom probably does not like the direction the sport is heading in.

Jeb Corliss order a custom wingsuit from birdman. It resemble the wingsuit of the russian jumper. He planed to make 10 jumps his first day using the suit. Jeb wanted to make these jumps to ge a greater feel for the suit.