Scare Yourself Silly With World's Tallest BASE Jump

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Scare Yourself Silly With World's Tallest BASE Jump
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A daredevil duo set the the Guinness World Record for highest base jump from the tallest building by leaping off the Burj Khalifa.

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Standing at 2,722 feet tall, the Burj Khalifa dwarfs the rest of Dubai's cityscapeEmirates247 (http://www.emirates247.com/news/emirates/video-daring-duo-jump-off-from-pinnacle-of-burj-khalifa-2014-04-23-1.546735) reports that Reffet and Fugen had to endure an intense week of training in Switzerland, jumping off Lauterbeunnen mountain, which stands at a similar height. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2014/04/23/world-record-base-jump/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)

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