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Climber and BASE jumper Simon Brentford has made the first BASE jump from St. John's Head, Hoy, directly off the overhang above the now infamous Long Hope Route.

"The island of Hoy had captivated me since childhood, when I watched a TV program of Joe Brown and his daughter climbing The Old Man of Hoy. Being a BASE jumper and climber, I thought there was a possible jump off the other famous Hoy landmark, St John's Head."

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In reply to UKC News:

I enjoyed that, though I wondered for a while where he was going to land! Looks like quite a haul back out.


Chris

In reply to UKC News:

Wowser that was super intense! Good work Simon!

In reply to UKC News: saddens me how many great videos are spoilt by ill-fitting or plainly incongruous music. I woud suggest local duo Boards of Canada for this mighty feat.

That's given me shivers. Amazing.

In reply to UKC News: Superb landing, great flight.

In reply to UKC News: Nice video - shame about the song

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Ditto - great vid, shame about the music.

Heck of a small landing site, well done Simon !

In reply to UKC News: just out of interest, isnt BASE jumping illegal in the UK? not that it bothers me as that looked amazing! im just wondering what the repercusions might be for UKC openly endorsing it?

In reply to UKC News: You crazy, crazy man!

In reply to pmot: ... in your opinion, I thought it worked quite well. Nice short video! Thanks

In reply to Webster:

No, it's not illegal. Some venues would require breaking a law to access, but BASE jumping itself isn't.

In reply to robertmichaeladams:

I agree too. A nice tune and good video. Si.

In answer to the question of legality - no BASE is not illegal. If you enter a building and refuse to leave, then that constitutes the civil offence of trespass. Breaking a window is classed as breaking & entering. To BASE jump, you should not cause damage and if they ask you to leave, do so by the quickest means possible!

On a side note, the island of Hoy has 6 miles of good quality climbing to be done (not all of it super hard either) and 99.9% of it has never been touched before.

In reply to UKC News: the first BASE as in his career or first in the history of Hoy?

So, how shall we count Tim's jump in 2010?

youtube.com/watch?v=eaiuby7BjzQ&

In reply to mloskot:

Which is off the Old Man of Hoy. This is a jump of St John's head. Two different places. Two different jumps. Both firsts. Both jumpers are nuts! Very impressed by the vid, pity about the music tho.

In reply to Meeker:


If anyone wants high res aerial photography of the whole coast line drop me a line. We flew the entire west coast at 700'. I can confirm there are countless amazing lines to be had.

In reply to The_flying_climber: Pity http://openaerialmap.org/ is offline, it would be a sweet treat to upload your photos there.

In reply to mloskot:
Tim, Gus and Roger were definately the first to BASE on Hoy! I owe Tim (& others) a lot for helping to provide me with the intel to do this jump.

In reply to simes303:

+1

In reply to Webster:

Perfectly legal from cliffs, the cost guard will even direct you to the exit point on beachy head if you get lost.

(So I am told)

In reply to mattrm: Thanks for correction. I posted my response in rush and I confused the two cliffs. My bad.

In reply to UKC News: haha http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAB4o1RqQ3o&feature=related

In reply to UKC News:Good one ..Sure beats the Bear effort.

nice job dude! see you in the valley

In reply to UKC News: did anyone ask the gannets? It certainly spooked a lot of them off their nests.