Photo courtesy of Jhonny Florez
We have gotten to days out at Lover's Leap ski basing. Ren, Katie and I headed out last Wednesday to build the ramp and make a jump. It was a good solid couple of hours of work getting the ramp built and making sure that it was smooth and ready to launch us into the void. Luckily, it was a beautiful day and we all had a good time hanging out and digging in the sun. All three of us hit the jump and made it down with no problems. Katie and I both lost some skis, Katie just one, but I double-ejected on opening. We spent some time looking for our skis as well as the bags that we had hucked off the cliff face. It was an amazing day. Ski BASE blew me away. It is such a different feeling from skiing or even normal BASE jumping. Skiing off a cliff that size is not something that you normaly do, so your brain is telling you not to. Same with the exit. With most jumps we exit from a standstill, maybe we get a little run if possible. In this jump we are hauling off the exit since we are able to build speed on our skis. Totally mind-blowing. That first jump was one of my favorites, combining two of the sports that I love. It was so good, that we grabbed a few other friends and headed back on Friday as well.
