How Much Suspense can you take? First Fly Or Die BASE Jump

Unlike all the short BASE jumping videos you see, this one shows the true nature of what many BASE jumpers experience on some of their more demanding jumps, them freaking out and managing their anxieties and stress.
After a trip to Italy and Switzerland in 2022 to dial in her BASE tracking skills, Elle returns home to her first true terrain tracking experience. Unlike the jumps in Europe where she jumped from a large cliff and flew away from it, able to pull her parachute at almost any point she desires safely, this jump has a no pull zone. This means she has to jump, start flying, and there is an area during her flight that if she pulls she will likely hit the ground or walls on either side of her. She must fly through this area into more open air space to pull her parachute. To add to this, she must attain a good glide ratio by flying her body very well to clear a large ledge that is in this no pull zone. It is very visually intimidating. This requires clarity of mind, nailing the fundamentals she has built upon, and pure commitment. Join her on this intense raw video, hearing her intense breathing, the mountain winds and her thought process as she talks herself through executing on her first true test of her BASE tracking flight skills.

PS I am peaking out a little as well because I am terrified of heights and while Elle has a parachute on, I do not, so if I fall its all over. So hanging onto a rope with one hand, and a gopro camera with the other I did my best to contain my anxiety near the edge of the cliff and not add bad energy to Elle’s challenge.

Also if you listen closely, at 6:56 you can here what sounds like a jet, that's the sound she is making displacing air as she speeds up and converts this to lift and forward drive with her body. From the ground it sounds like a jet fighter coming at you :D

Also some terms worth explaining:

1 to 1 - referring to the slope ratio. So for every foot you go forward horizontally, how many feet down you also go. A 1:1 ratio is a 45° slope. When assessing a flight path we use laser range finders and GPS data to analyze this slope. It is worth noting she incorrectly asked if the slope of the terrain was MORE than a 1 to 1. I knew she meant is it steeper than a 1 to 1 slope ratio.

Glide ratio - this is the same as the slope referenced above, but in reference to how we are flying. So we want our glide ratio to be higher or equal to the slope ratio of the terrain we are flying over so that we don't collide with it. Once flying, Elle can maintain a 1:1 up to a 1.5:1 glide ratio. So she is travelling 1.5 ft forward for every foot she is going down. Her suit inflates giving her more surface area to help improve here glide ratio.

Path of least resistance - the flight path that keeps you the furthest away from hitting anything before you pull your parachute.
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