To really help these days, it pays to risk life and limb Mar 6, 2010
At any one time, people are rowing the Atlantic in aid of skin cancer research, running across the Sahara Desert for testicular cancer, BASE jumping for orphans, racing cars through Mongolia or ascending Mount Kanchenjunga on the India-Nepal border in the name of philanthropy. In Hong Kong a dozen financial professionals staged no-holds-barred boxing matches in which noses got blooded to raise money for a charity, Operation Smile. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
GTA IV: Episodes from Liberty City PreviewStep aside Niko, there are other gun-toting madmen on the loose. Mar 2, 2010
GTA IV: Episodes from Liberty City Preview - PC Preview at IGN (IGN PC Games)
BASE Jumper Eludes Sacramento Police Feb 16, 2010
Leong said there may not be a specific law against BASE jumping -- the practice of parachuting from a high structure like a building or a bridge -- but jumpers who are caught can be charged with other violations because of the risks to public safety. The acronym BASE comes from building, antenna, span or earth. (KCRA 3, CA)
Ray Fittipaldo's Pitt chat transcript: 2.2.2010 (Yesterday) Feb 3, 2010
Must be lotsa sprained ankles from BASE jumping off Pitt's bandwagon. Mine ache too. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA -- Sports)
Rockstar Games Announces Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City on PlayStation3 and Games for Windows - LIVE Jan 29, 2010
Both episodes feature a slew of new vehicles and weapons, and each episode adds new activities including cage fighting, gang wars and BASE jumping. Episodes from Liberty City Available March 30, 2010 globally. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Question and Answer: Erich Funccius (781) Jan 13, 2010
Mother of a FLOATER wrote on Jan 11, 2010 4:48 PM:" I am very angry at the interview with the Coast Guard. I don't understand how this boy can say he cares about the community and seeing people that they have helped, then begin to talk about peoples loved ones as FLOATERS. Well I am part of the community (st joseph) and a mother of what you call a FLOATER! My son was a victim to the lake and as I read this article all I could picture was my son FLOATING and some kid coming to pick him up from... (The Herald-Palladium)
World of Adventure Sports Jan 10, 2010
We head to the Swish Alps with Dean Potter and his quest to do the first ever free solo base climb with only a base jumping parachute to catch him and no rope. We return to the Swish Alps with Dean Potter, as he attempts to free base solo climb with only a base-jumping parachute as while as him high lining between cliffs. (MSNBC -- Sports)