2013 KL Tower International BASE Jump

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If you are in Kuala Lumpur this weekend starting today and visiting the KL Tower is on your itinerary, you would be in for a bonus! You would be able to catch this year's KL Tower International BASE Jump that will be taking place the next four days, starting today.

Last year's event saw 91 BASE jumpers from 17 countries completed over 2200 BASE jumps during the event. This year's event will see 100 jumpers over 4 days and 3 nights launching their jumps from the 421m KL Tower located at Bukit Nanas, downtown Kuala Lumpur.

The KL Tower International BASE Jump is the only time of the year when visitors are allowed up the tower where the jumpers take off from. A good chance for visitors to get the adrenaline rush of standing on top of the world. - KLtowerjump.com

BASE jumping, also sometimes written as B.A.S.E. jumping, is an activity where participants jump from fixed objects and use a parachute to break their fall. "BASE" is an acronym that stands for four categories of fixed objects from which one can jump: Buildings, Antennas, Spans (bridges), and Earth (cliffs).

Jumping Days:
Friday 27th September to Monday 30th September - 4 Days

Night Jumps:
Friday 27th September to Sunday 29th September - 3 Nights

Address:
KL Tower,
2 Jalan Punchak off Jalan P Ramlee,
Kuala Lumpur
From: Sep 27, 2013 To: Oct 1, 2013
Website: http://www.kltowerjump.com



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Kuala Lumpur International Jump Malaysia 2011

2013 Update:
- 2013 KL Tower International BASE Jump

What do you see in the image above? You are right if you say the above is a picture of someone falling from the sky or jumping off a tall building.

To be exact, the caption on the image borrowed from Toronto Sun says: A BASE jumper leaps before parachuting down from Kuala Lumpur Tower September 29, 2011.

This jumper is a participant in the Kuala Lumpur International Jump Malaysia 2011 event which started on Wednesday, ending today, Sunday. This year's jump coincides with the 15th Anniversary of Menara KL and to join in the celebration are jumpers from Malaysia, Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, Britain, Japan and the United States.

(BASE stands for "building, antenna, span, earth", which are the fixed objects from which jumpers with parachutes leap off.)

This year's event attracted 90 jumpers, five of which are women BASE jumpers.

Jumps were/are from 10am to 6pm. Night jumps which were introduced last year were held on Friday and Saturday from 8.30pm to 10.30pm.

Image from The Star

Visitors were able to watch the event at the tower’s open deck with exclusive premier tickets priced at RM100 and RM150 for the day event.

For the night event the tickets were priced at RM150 and RM200.

If you are in the vicinity of the KL Tower, you could probably see them in the sky.

Image from The Star

Sources:
- The Star
- Toronto Sun