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Watch: BASE jumpers hurl themselves off wind turbines
Anyone can jump off a building or a cliff. It takes a real green adrenaline junkie to hurl himself off a wind turbine.
Thu, May 26 2011 at 1:51 PM

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Check out these crazy BASE jumpers as they chuck themselves off the tops and blades of huge wind turbines. It's a great way to get a perspective on how huge these things are:
 
 
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