Base Jumping Off of Whistler’s New Peak2Peak Gondola

Video: Base Jump­ing off the World’s Longest Peak2Peak Gon­dola.

Rid­ing the new Peak2Peak Gon­dola that con­nects Whistler’s Black­comb and Whistler Moun­tain sum­mits, over 2.7 miles, must be exhil­a­rat­ing. But jump­ing off it is just insane.

Shortly after open­ing, these Two Red Bull spon­sored lunatics rode a car to the mid point of the ride and jumped. That makes for a good pre­view of the fall, should one of these boxes full of 28 peo­ple ever fall out of the sky. (I couldn’t help think­ing of this, I have a decent fear of heights.)

The Gon­dola itself holds records for its unsup­ported span of 1.88 miles between the two fur­thest tow­ers, and for its rise, mea­sur­ing over a quar­ter mile above the ground at its high­est point.

Just like the wake­board­ing in Venice, this is a Red Bull spon­sored stunt.

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