Todd Sampson’s Why? on ABC and ABC iview S1E4 – Todd Sampson has come to the Perrine Bridge in Idaho, USA. For most people, it is simply a bridge spanning the Snake River Canyon. But for a small global community of extreme athletes, it is something else entirely.
This is where people come to learn how to jump. BASE jumping is an extreme sport in which participants leap from fixed objects such as buildings, antennas, spans and cliffs, deploying a parachute at dangerously low altitude.
Unlike skydiving, there is no reserve chute, no margin for error and almost no time to correct mistakes.
BASE jumping is responsible for numerous fatal accidents every year, making it one of the most dangerous pursuits on Earth.
Todd Sampson’s Why? on ABC and ABC iview – Tuesday 17 March at 8.30pm
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Todd Sampson’s Why? on ABC and ABC iview S1E4
