BASE jumping is an extreme sport. It is ____ to skydiving, but there are important differences. Firstly, the jumps are much lower – usually no more than six hundred metres. ____, there is no aircraft. ____ participants jump from some kind of bridge, building or cliff. The first BASE jump took ____ in 1912 in New York, when Frederick Law jumped from the Statue of Liberty. In the 1960s and 70s, the sport became more popular, partly ____ to film-maker Carl Boenish. He made documentaries about BASE jumping and also ____ of the name. He died in 1984 while he was jumping in Norway. BASE jumping is a thrilling experience, but it is very risky too.

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