Athletes take the plunge in base-jumping event
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Updated: 2013-10-21 20:57
By Li Jun (chinadaily.com.cn)
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'Every athlete is actually a champion,' said Australian athlete Chris Mcdougall who won first prize on Saturday at the China Anshun Balinghe Bridge International Base Jumping Tournament.
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From jumping into the huge Tiankeng Cave, to head to head wingsuit racing near Tianmen Mountain, to a multi day event jumping from the Balinghe River Bridge in the mountainous Guizhou Province, China is no stranger to BASE jumping. The Anshun Balinghe Bridge International Base Jumping Tournament is an invite only event in which only thirty.
This year's event, with 34 athletes from 15 countries, including the US, Canada, Germany, New Zealand, Britain and Spain, was held at Balinghe Bridge, Anshun city, Guizhou province.
For the base jumpers their purpose was not just to win but to also share the wonderful thrill with other jumpers from all over the world. For many athletes this was their second time taking the plunge in Anshun.
'The Balinghe Bridge is definitely the best bridge I have ever seen so when we jump from it, we can fully appreciate its beauty. Although we all want to win, enjoying the experience is, in fact, the most important thing for us', said Chris Carnahan of the US, who works as a police officer in South Los Angeles and has more than 1,050 jumps.
Since the first Balinghe Bridge jump was held in Anshun last year, the competition has become the premier base-jumping competition both in Guizhou and China.
Balinghe Bridge is also the highest bridge in the world to host a base-jumping event.
The bridge, spanning 1,088 meters, is 370 meters high.
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Greg Henderson wins international BASE jumping competition in China
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Greg Henderson is part of ABM’s Education Team. His role as Education Missioner focuses particularly on schools. He coordinates the annual OneWorld WonTok Youth Poverty and Development Conference for secondary schools around Australia and produces newsletters and educational resources for schools.
Greg has a Bachelor of Theology and is based in Brisbane with his wife Amanda. For those who have met him, he seems like the calm, quiet type who gets on with things without much fanfare.
However, we’ve discovered another side to Greg – a dare-devil, adrenalin loving, adventurous personality! He recently won an international BASE jumping competition in south China's Guizhou province by jumping 375 metres from Baling River Bridge and beating over 30 jumpers from around the world.
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You can view an article about Greg on the ABC News website and watch footage of him jumping from the bridge (at 1:03 dressed in a suit): http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-11-11/australian-wins-international-base-jumping-competition-in-china/6930482
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Congratulations Greg, we’re glad you’re still in one piece!
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