Behind the Lens on Dawn Wall

At first,I limited myself to practice each sport separately,with no intention other than enjoying it.One thing I knew from the beginning was that I wanted to practice them safely.Setting a base of knowledge and experience with which I felt comfortable to keep practicing the activities over time.Therefore,training was important.It is difficult to improve in each sport when you diversify so much so the evolution is slower,but if you decide to practice these sports you have to be constant to be safe.

Training BASE jumping may seem a paradox itself.The more you jump,the more you expose yourself to an accident,but it's not that way indeed.This sport has changed a lot lately.In fact,the more you jump the safer it gets.You gain ability by improving your technique and enhancing your reflexes,so you automate moves and start being able to pay attention to external stimuli.In the end,you become a safer jumper by trying different exits and exposing yourself to different challenges.It is important to be constant too,as you lose that confidence very quickly.

After reaching a high enough level in each discipline,the possibility for combined activities opened up.For me,the philosophy of Climb BASE is to do the complete activity in a rope team.That means that both members climb with their jumping gear and jump with the climbing gear,without external assistance and without leaving any gear behind.Thanks to this idea,I feel we are living a second golden age in alpinism.Introducing BASE jumping to the equation,many new projects are on the table.It's really motivating to be entering this sport at this time,it has come so far but it has a long way to go.