 He said the thrill of being caught adds to the excitement ( Rory Allen) What do you think about base jumping? Let us know in the comments... Rory said: "I've been a base jumper since 2016, I'd been sky diving since 2007 and always saw videos and thought it looked pretty cool. I wanted to try it and felt confident with parachutes, and it's the next natural progression. "I love it, I do it intermittently - whenever I can fit it in. I've probably done 100 - 150 this year. "A lot of the time you have to travel to do it, so I'll go on a vacation specifically to jump somewhere and I'll do three or four a day. "Since I started I've had years where I hardly jump and years where I jump a lot. I'm an opportunist with it, when I see a jump I'll take it." Base jumping is an extreme sport where people leap from fixed objects wearing a parachute and while it's not illegal, the sport definitely has a bad reputation. Many base jumpers have died performing the sport, and some of the 'best' spots are from skyscrapers where it is){kind=link}
Rory Allen, 40, from Colchester, has been base jumping for years but fears his time with the dangerous sport may be coming to an end as his wife is threatening to leave him
A base jumper claims his wife is threatening to leave him if he gets one more injury – after he broke his foot when his parachute failed and he smashed into a cliff. Rory Allen, 40, could have been killed in the incident but luckily he got stuck in a tree on his way down and was eventually rescued by the emergency services.
He’s been jumping off cliffs, buildings, and pretty much anything he can climb for years – and now it’s taking a toll on his relationships as his partner is sick of nursing him back to health. But Rory, from Colchester, Essex, said that he’d be hard-pushed to give it up – saying that jumping off churches and city skyscrapers brings a rush like no other.
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Rory said: “I’ve been a base jumper since 2016, I’d been sky diving since 2007 and always saw videos and thought it looked pretty cool. I wanted to try it and felt confident with parachutes, and it’s the next natural progression.