[MUSIC PLAYING]
ANDY LEWIS: One second. I haven't pin-checked you.
I haven't rig-checked you.
(WHISPERING) Oh, my God.
[EXHALES]
ANDY LEWIS: Leg strap, chest strap.
Leg strap, chest strap.
ANDY LEWIS: Basically, if that main line does touch any rock
and it's under tension or whatever,
the worst-case scenario is that your line breaks
and you fall off and you die.
3, 2, 1.
Love you guys.
ARI DELASHMUTT: Love you, buddy!
[BUZZ]
Holy shit.
Oh, God.
ANDY LEWIS: And so when Sylvan jumps off,
the line hits the rock and scuffs.
I immediately think, why isn't it broken?
ALETA FRENCH: I'm immediately worried about Sylvan.
I hope that it doesn't cut the line.
It looks like it's about to.
Andy reaches out and grabs it.
Like, my heart stops a little bit.
SYLVAN CHRISTENSEN: Woo!
Yeah!
ANDY LEWIS: A little-- we got a little rub there.
You can't even see the line he's pitching.
Oh!
Yeah, buddy!
Woo!
Oh!
Yeah!
RYAN JENKS: Parachute's open.
That's a good sign.
Ow!
That is awesome.
So fuckin' sick.
Good job, buddy.
So good!
I thought to myself, why are you doing this?
I know these activities, they are dangerous.
That feeling of, it's home.
It's familiar.
It's magnificent.
It makes you feel small.
It makes you feel like nothing really
matters except for what's happening
right here and right now.
Oh!
How did it feel?
So good.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
[BLOWS RASPBERRY] That was sketchy, though.
I don't like that.
SPENCER SEABROOKE: That's so fu--
That is awesome.
That was so fucking fucked right there.
SPENCER SEABROOKE: That's a good thing
that you were right there, Andy, or that probably would
have snapped on the second hit.
Look at that.
SPENCER SEABROOKE: Yeah, look at it.
It is fucked.
No, that's-- that's literally just one scrape.
There's not even a strand missing, guys.
SPENCER SEABROOKE: Yeah, well--
ANDY LEWIS: I mean, it looks ugly, but we can fix it.
We need to fix it.
So--
ANDY LEWIS: So basically, we just need some electrical tape.
ANDY: Ah.
ANDY LEWIS: This stuff is actually pretty damn
durable, you have to realize. ALETA FRENCH: It is--
ARI DELASHMUTT: I give it-- I give it credit.
--but like, we've got a bunch of people to jump off of it,
so--
ARI DELASHMUTT: I give it credit.
[EXHALES]
[SIGHS]
[EXHALES]
I think I'm good to go.
It's got some damage to it.
It's not detrimental to the line,
but it's something that I worry about.
ANDY LEWIS: What we do in this situation, we pad right here.
Yup.
ALETA FRENCH: Abrasion on that tiny little line
is not amazing.
We're gonna pad some edges and that'll
be a little more stable.
And there won't be any spots that can rub on the rock
when it comes down when there's weight on it.
So yeah, we'll find out.
[LAUGHS]
ANDY LEWIS: It's perfect.
And Aleta is somebody who teaches
me how to deal with problems.
How to do it seamlessly, how to do it calmly and collectively,
professionally.
The girl is so endlessly positive and strong.
Have fun. - Love you.
Let's do it.
We're not gonna stop living our lives
just because accidents happen.
But we will take those accidents into consideration
and progress accordingly, knowing
that we can always improve and become better and safer.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
OK.
Woo!
All right.
3, 2, 1.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
Woo!
ANDY LEWIS: Yeah!
Nice flip.
ANDY LEWIS: Yeah!
[CHEERS AND WHISTLES]
ALETA FRENCH: That weightless feeling
where your stomach just goes into your throat,
it's hard to describe.
It is incredibly rare to get to experience that.
That is a once-in-a-lifetime experience.
I've experienced that multiple times in my lifetime already.
I plan on doing it a lot more, you know, in different ways.
I love being in the air.
[LAUGHS]
You did so good.
Oh, thank you!
[LAUGHS]
I heard you screaming.
Oh!
RYAN JENKS: That was great.
Good job, Aleta.
Fucking A, man.
- That was awesome! - Nice.
Woo!
[LAUGHS]
Good job.
Woo!
So Ari, one second.
I have a present for you.
You do?
For good intention for every jump.
I bring these little coins, this little dragon coin.
Every jump, I have people take the dragon token
and then look around and put gratitude
and intention into this coin.
So they want safe travel.
So this is actually a token of being ultra present, which
is the gift of base jumping.
I love you.
Thank you.
Gratitude in a token.
[BREATHES DEEPLY] Tip-toe.
[CHEERS]
ANDY LEWIS: The importance of saying goodbye to someone
is the moment of gratitude, where
yes, we are working our hearts out to make this stuff safe.
But no, can we promise you that it's going to be?
I've seen people not say goodbye and die
and have people be like, wow.
I never have to say goodbye.
Love you, Ari.
I love you so much.
I'll see you at the bottom.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
Ha-ha!
Yeah!
Woo!
ANDY LEWIS: Oh, yeah!
RYAN JENKS: Whoa!
Yeah, buddy!
Gosh.
Dope-skis.
ARI DELASHMUTT: Just like with most of the things
that I'm doing, I'm trying to take a really intense moment
and bring a profound presence to it.
Woo!
I do not want to just hyperventilate, jump, scream,
and then forget about it.
I want to take it all in.
My heart rate doesn't even change.
It's weird to say.
It's weird to admit, but my heart rate doesn't even change.
Good fucking job.
Uh!
Well, guess I'll just makes some split-second decisions.
I don't know.
You know, we can always do it safe
and come back and do it more dangerous
feeling more comfortable, so--
[RETCHES] we'll see.
Whenever I base jump, you'll hear me say, "loving life."
And it was my original base jumping
mentor, Tree House Mike--
Yeah, yeah.
- Check and check. - All these are longer.
Yeah.
Chest, legs.
Check.
ARI DELASHMUTT: Every time he would jump off the cliff,
he would say, "3, 2, 1.
Loving life."
And whenever he would say this, it meant a lot to me.
And I've heard people before they do dangerous things,
you know, say stupid things.
I like saying "loving life" out loud to let
people know how I'm feeling.
Kind of just my go-to phrase after my mentor passed away.
All right.
Loving life.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
Woo!
Nice.
Woo!
It's always the moment you're like, well, this is it.
And then poof, there it is.
Yoo-hoo!
[LAUGHS] It's fucking awesome
[MUSIC PLAYING]
Yeah!
RYAN JENKS: Andy's the only one left, yeah?
Yeah, just Andy left up there.
3, 2, 1.
Love you.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
Yeah!
MAN: Unbelievable.
[MUSIC PLAYS BACKWARDS]
I'm gonna surprise them.
I'm gonna take all my clothes off and I'm gonna go naked.
And I'm gonna land naked into everybody's arms,
and that's gonna be amazing.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
Oh, yeah.
Let's get the Velcro on the foot.
Right in here, right?
Oh, yeah.
[LAUGHS]
Yeah, exactly.
Not only am I gonna be naked, I think I might
do a backflip off the line.
Who knows?
[LAUGHS]
ANDY LEWIS: Thank you.
ANDY LEWIS: [LAUGHS]
No, actually.
It's gonna be amazing.
It's just if they get under, but they're clearly out.
I don't know how much you guys can see in Discovery Channel,
but the blur better be past my knee.
That's all I have to say.
I mean, it always feels good to have the breeze on the bits.
But it's until you hit that cactus that you're OK,
you know what I mean?
It's like, you don't need a helmet till you need a helmet.
[LAUGHS]
[MUSIC PLAYING]
(SINGING) Get ready for the new bits.
Get ready 'cause you're gonna like what you see.
Get ready for the new bits.
Get ready for the new reality.
Ready for-- get ready for the--
Woo!
[CHEERS AND LAUGHTER]
Unbelievable.
ALETA FRENCH: Nice!
[CHEERS AND LAUGHTER]
[LAUGHS]