Documentary portrait of Carl Boenish, the father of the BASE jumping movement, whose early passion for skydiving led him | dG1fd1FnRDdOWVlxelk
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00:00We had agreed that it was suicidal.
00:13Just had this feeling of doom.
00:15Nobody could survive that jump.
00:19Carl thought that he could get away with it, but...
00:23the mountain had other ideas.
00:24My name is Carl Vanish. I'm expedition of this leader.
00:34There are many man-made laws that need to be broken.
00:39We started talking about Carl's grand idea, fixed object jumping.
00:43Buildings, antenna towers, strands, and earth.
00:46It evolved into the word base.
00:50We were pioneers.
00:54He is nuts.
00:56I don't know what I've gotten myself into.
00:59She was sort of the brains of the operation.
01:01Goes! Goes!
01:06It's what skydivers call a rush.
01:08He assigned a lot more importance to the laws of nature than he did the laws of man.
01:12Step off, and the end.
01:22Carl pointed to his parachute.
01:24And he said,
01:25This is my angel.
01:30Carl was special.
01:32People didn't understand it.
01:33Carl's focus was to share that feeling.
01:36Woo-hoo!
01:38Don't let death impede you as a hurdle.
01:41If there are mountains, let's climb.
01:42If there are buildings, let's jump off of them.
01:45Carl was from some better world.
01:48It was beautiful.
01:48You have a feeling of freedom and power.
01:54And you think, wow, I feel like Superman.
01:57Cut.
01:57I don't want to grow old or grow old.
02:03I don't want to grow old or grow old.
02:03I don't want to grow old or grow old.
02:04I don't want to grow old or grow old.
02:06I don't want to grow old or grow old.
02:07I don't want to grow old or grow old.
02:08I don't want to grow old or grow old.
02:09I don't want to grow old or grow old.
02:10I don't want to grow old or grow old.
02:12I don't want to grow old or grow old.