Bladerunner: Wind Turbine BASE Jump

There are moments in life that are surreal...
BASE jumping is widely regarded as the most dangerous sport in the world. When a jumper adds a little creativity to danger, you get the phenomenon we call “blade running.”

Once the jumper gets to the top of this 200ft wind turbine, he makes the walk of his life. After getting his bearings, he calmly yet gingerly steps onto the stalled - but still movable - blade. In an almost surreal action, he walks nearly the entire length of the 150ft blade. But, at the point of no return his forward motion starts to make the massive blade move beneath his feet. Now that the blade is going down, the athlete can no longer turn back, and he jumps!

And like that, the bar for ‘epic’ just got raised to a new level!

[ethanmcintosh]

The blade started moving under the immense weight of his balls

[chuckalucka]

Any other youtuber would have make a 20 minutes video with this. Thank you for being cool!

[coriscotupi]

If anyone ever meets the jumper, please thank him for risking his life so that I could watch a mildly interesting video before moving on to the next.

[carabidus]

The height of that jump looked BARELY enough for the chute to work!

[e.h.]

why women live longer than men?

this guy:

[Renryo]

0:29 looks like never ending road to sky

[sushiromifune]

At first I felt scared it was high, but later realized low altitude and it was dangerous.

[yogeshs]

Imagine walking on blades without parachute and suddenly the blade starts moving 😱😱😱😱

[MasterPranks]

thank you for sharing it, do more, and stay safe!

[scarlettroger]

I’m still haunted by the pic of the two engineers that were trapped on a turbine while fire engulfed it and they tragically died. But I think that all engineers should be trained to do this. They’re already ok with the height of it so doing this could potentially save lives.

[WolfyTheDark]

10 minutes of climbing, five seconds of falling, 10 minutes to pack the chute; some would say it sounds like a great way to spend a day.
Just watching the jump was more than enough of a day for me.

[jxdigital]

It was really cool that the blade actually started to move down when he walked outward. Makes sense: those turbine blades are in perfect balance, only a small imbalance weight will cause the turbine to rotate.

It would have been very spectacular if he'd walked further and stayed there letting him slip off by the blade moving down. But I guess that's easier said than done (being an armchair base jumper) 😄

[johngrayatkinson]

Thank you for Getting to the POINT, and JUMPING . BRAVO

[traciemarrier]

I'm scared of heights and the anxiety I feel just watching this is amazing. Adrenaline from a small screen 👍 thanks.

[Sevan_UP]

I didn't think they would be that high. Looking from the ground up that's crazy

[neogator]

Fantastic!! I never got into base jumping for fear of wanting to push the envelope too much. lol

[AestheticBoi-shrn]

He took the meaning of “blade runner” to a whole new level.

[artisteric]

Great timing there! That blade is slowly rotating on the downward. Awesome vid!

[eLctric]

okay this is great :D anychance i could use this in one of my future edits? I always redirect my audience to the original!

[bjb]

Now that's a smart BASE jump. Simple, clear of obstructions.