Studying CBD
No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • CBD
  • About CBD
  • What is CBD
  • Home
  • CBD
  • About CBD
  • What is CBD
No Result
View All Result
Studying CBD
No Result
View All Result
Home What is CBD

BASE jumpers leap off Perth CBD skyscraper in front of stunned onlookers

Peter F. by Peter F.
September 10, 2019
in What is CBD
38 1
0
BASE jumpers leap off Perth CBD skyscraper in front of stunned onlookers
32
SHARES
358
VIEWS
Share on TwitterShare on Facebook

[ad_1]

Updated

September 10, 2019 13:35:35

A group of BASE jumpers have left passers-by in the Perth CBD shocked by leaping off the top of one of the city’s tallest buildings in broad daylight before parachuting down to a park below.

Key points:

  • The group plunged from the 40-storey Exchange Tower this morning
  • Shocked witnesses said they could not believe what they were seeing
  • BASE jumpers have previously targeted Bluff Knoll in WA’s south

The WA Police condemned the stunt in which at least two jumpers were filmed standing on the top of the 40-storey Exchange Tower, before leaping off and landing in a patch of grass.

“This type of behaviour is reckless and irresponsible and the WA Police force does not condone this type of behaviour,” a police spokesman said.

Alex Bennett, who works on the ninth floor of a nearby building, said he was confused when he saw the jumpers.

“I was just doing my work and out of the corner of my eye I saw something strange,” he said.

A person in a parachute in front of a tall building.


Photo:

A group of BASE jumpers have plunged off a building in the middle of the Perth CBD. (Supplied)

“I walked over to the window and saw one dude landing right here with a parachute and I was like, ‘What the hell?’

“I kept looking and another two guys landed, and they just grabbed their chutes and kind of legged it around the corner.”

Mr Bennet said the jumpers made a quick getaway.

A person in a parachute in front of a tall building.


Photo:

One of the BASE jumpers lands in a park in the Perth CBD. (Twitter: @Owie_K)

“There was a bunch of people around here just kind of looking around like ‘what the hell is going on?’, and yeah, they just like full-pace legged it across the road and then they were gone,” he said.

Exchange Tower is one of the tallest buildings in the Perth CBD.

It houses several government and corporate tenants, including the WA offices of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Commonwealth Parliamentary offices frequently used by WA politicians including Attorney-General Christian Porter and Finance Minister Mathias Cormann.

RELATED  They’ll be talking N.J. legal weed, medical, hemp laws. Meet top cannabis leaders at our Oct. 2 event.

A picture of a blue skyscraper in the Perth CBD.


Photo:

At 40 storeys, Exchange Tower is one of the tallest buildings in the Perth CBD. (ABC News: James Carmody)

A spokesman for Exchange Tower would not comment on how the jumpers managed to gain access to the building’s roof.

BASE jumping not new to WA

In 2014, two thrillseekers successfully completed two separate BASE jumps from the peak of Bluff Knoll in Western Australia’s Stirling Ranges.

The men jumped from one of the state’s tallest peaks before donning wingsuits and flying at high speed to the ground.

Neither of the men were injured and the activity was not deemed illegal at the time, but the department that manages the area cautioned about the risk of “inappropriate” activity.

A BASE jumper was injured in 2015 when he jumped off the top of the Queens Riverside apartment building in Perth.

The jumper was one of three men who leaped from the top of the 25-storey building on Adelaide Terrace about 2:00am.

He was taken to Royal Perth Hospital and treated for leg injuries.

Extreme sport’s fatal risks

In 2017 a West Australian man died while attempting a BASE jump in Italy and crashing into a mountain in the Trentino region.

Ben Dummett, 25, from Mandurah, south of Perth, had been in Europe for several months BASE jumping with friends.

Ben Dummett sky diving over a shoreline.


Photo:

Ben Dummett was an experienced sky diver. (Supplied: Facebook)

The experienced skydiver had completed more than 300 jumps before his fatal plunge.

The Australian BASE Association has previously campaigned for more legal BASE jumps to be held in Australia to enable jumpers to gain experience and improve safety.

Topics:

extreme-sports,

police,

perth-6000,

wa

First posted

September 10, 2019 13:14:31

[ad_2]

Source link

Tweet8Share13Share3Share
Peter F.

Peter F.

We study the effects of cannabidiol (CBD), a non-psychoactive component of cannabis that does not produce the high associated with smoking or using it."There is a lot of debate on the health effects of marijuana and the use of cannabinoids, which are a group of compounds found in marijuana that have anti-inflammatory, pain-relieving, anti-nausea and anti-emetic properties. However, there is a lack of solid scientific evidence to guide us in the application of cannabis therapeutics."

No Result
View All Result
  • Privacy Policy
  • Contact
  • About us

Login to your account below

Forgotten Password?

Fill the forms bellow to register

All fields are required. Log In

Retrieve your password

Please enter your username or email address to reset your password.

Log In
We use cookies to personalize content and ads, to provide social media features and to analyze our traffic. We also share information about your use of our site with our social media, advertising and analytics partners who may combine it with other information that you’ve provided to them or that they’ve collected from your use of their services. You consent to our cookies if you continue to use our website.. For more information contact Info@sdmediagrp.comContinuePrivacy policy