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低空跳伞玩的就是心跳 　　By Paul Unwin 　　保罗?安文 　　 　　The majority of us would think that those who choose to jump off the top of a cliff or building with only a single parachute to save your life before hitting the ground ①are in dire need of having their heads examined. However, practitioners of Base Jumping insist that theyre no crazy adrenaline junkies who have exhausted all the extreme and dangerous sports they can think of, and therefore invented this one. According to them, the activity is enjoyed by a large cross-section of society, from solicitors and I.T. consultants to plumbers and students, people of all ages, even up to those in their fifties. Estimates place the number of base jumpers at less than 1500 worldwide, although you can count me out! 　　我们中的大部分人会认为，那些决意从悬崖或建筑物的顶端跳下、在触地之前只带着一顶降落伞来自救的人急需检查一下他们的脑子。然而，玩“低空跳伞”的人则坚称，他们不是疯狂的寻求刺激者，玩完了所有他们所能想到的极限和危险运动，因而便发明了这项运动。按照他们的说法，这个活动得到了社会上众多群体的喜爱，从律师和IT顾问一直到管道工和学生，各个年龄层的人都有，甚至还有那些50多岁的人。虽然你可以不用把我算在内，但估算起来在全球范围内低空跳伞者的数量不多于1500人。 　　 　　What Exactly is Base Jumping? 　　Base Jumping is basically using a parachute to jump off a tall fixed object. The word BASE is an acronym standing for the four categories of objects from which one can make a jump: 　　 　　B - Building 　　A - Antenna (An uninhabited tower, such as an aerial mast) 　　S - Span (A bridge, arch, or dome) 　　E - Earth (A cliff or other natural formation) 　　 　　When a base jumper completes a jump from one of the 4 categories mentioned above, they apply for a BASE number, and the aim is to complete all 4. 　　 　　Base Jumping History 　　 　　BASE jumps really began in the early 1900s with a certain Frederick Law in 1912 jumping from the Statue of Liberty; Michael Pelkey and Brian Schubert jumped the cliff El Capitan in Yosemite Valley in 1966, and in 1976 in the opening sequence of James Bonds The Spy Who Loved Me, stuntman Rick Sylvester jumped Mt. Asgard in Canada, first showing Base Jumping to the general public. 　　These early incidents were, however, more expe