00:02One of Niklo's ultimate goals in his quest to become a world-class wingsuit pilot is to perform a base
00:08wingsuit jump.
00:09This means that he will jump from a cliff in his wingsuit, requiring him to make a near-perfect exit
00:14to take him clear from the wall impact zone.
00:17With that goal in mind, Niklo spent last summer learning everything he could from the best in the world.
00:22I saw base jumping as being almost like, I mean, it's beautiful, but it's also easy, you know what I
00:28mean? Like, anybody can do it. There's a lot more to it than I thought.
00:32Base jumping is a sport where you want to teach people well. You know, like, I don't want to be
00:39scared about someone else's life.
00:40You can do this sport in a safe way for sure, but if you want to step it up, there's
00:46for sure danger that comes with it.
00:48You can't try, you know? You can't be like, yeah, I'm just going to go for it and see if
00:53it works out. If not, I just jump off and it's all good.
00:56You don't just get hurt. It's mostly a fatality, and that's why we are very strict in our sport.
01:03With more and more people getting into the sport of base jumping, fatalities have been on the rise.
01:08Just last year, Joki and Niklo's good friend and cameraman, Ludovic Wirth, died in a tragic accident.
01:15He was filming with two other pilots when all three impacted the ground. There were no survivors.
01:22As you get into it, you can decide, do I really want to respect all the rules? It's up to
01:28you.
01:28I've learned now, I'm like really like, you know what, it's not worth it.
01:32What's worth it is to be the man because you're doing it for so many years and you're having a
01:36blast and you're progressing.
01:44Are you ready for another beautiful, fun day?
01:49Dude, I think we're going to nail it this way.
01:51You did it last time, we're only going to do better.
01:53Let's try to stay over the beach a little bit more while we're flying and then I'll start standing up
01:59a little bit higher.
02:01Okay.
02:01That way, when I nail it, then I can like hold it for a lot longer than what we would
02:07have had yesterday.
02:08Yee-hoo!
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