SIBU: Thirty-four BASE jumpers arrived here yesterday to take part in the Sibu International BASE Jump which will begin from today until Sunday at the Sibu Town Square Phase I. Sibu Resident, Charles Siaw said 34 BASE jumpers including seven women from 14 countries had confirmed their participation in the event.
“This year’s jumpers come from USA, Australia, Belarus, Belgium, Canada, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Malaysia, New Zealand, Russia and United Kingdom,” he told a press conference held at a leading hotel here yesterday. According to Siaw, the organiser has added something extra for the jumpers this year, namely, “the best superheroes costume competition”. “This is to make the event more fun and livelier for the jumpers and spectators,” he added.
“This year, we establish collaboration with the KL Tower Jump. We would like to thank the KL Tower management for promoting Sibu International BASE Jump during the press conference at KL Tower two weeks ago. I would like to take this chance to invite all our jumpers to join the KL Tower Jump from September 28 to 0ctober 1,” he said.
Meanwhile, the youngest BASE jumper is Corentin Parmentier, 24, from Belgium while the oldest BASE jumper is Eric Pemberton,65 from New Zealand. Apart from that, the spectators will also able to see the president of Australia BASE Association, Gary Cunningham, who have the most BASE jumping experience – 3,493 BASE Jumps in Australia – in action.. All the jumpers will jump from the 126-metre tall Wisma Sanyan and make their way to the open space at Sibu Town Square Phase 1. BASE is an acronym for four categories of fixed objects from which a person can jump, namely, buildings, antennae, spans (bridge) and earth (cliffs). Captain A Aziz Ahmad, who is president of Malaysia BASE Jump Association, was also present at the press conference yesterday.
