#9 BASE Jumping
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BASE Jumping is rated by many as one of the most dangerous recreational sports in the world. It has been around for a long time but was made popular by film-maker Carl Boenish in 1978, who coining the term after filming the first jumps to use ram-air parachutes and the freefall tracking technique. BASE is actually a set of initials, that stand for Building, Antenna, Span and Earth.
The sport shares many similarities with skydiving but differs in the context of height of the jump. When the jumpers fall off a fixed structure, they are not left with much time to pull the parachute and ensure a safe landing as compared to when they jump off a plane for a sky dive.
It has an alarming death-rate of a death per 2,317 jumps, which has made it a banned sport in many countries. Despite this its popularity has seen a steady increase, due to more depictions of the sport in the entertainment space.
