video of this spill on youtube and it becomes an internet sensation. some of the people that have posted comments on youtube back to us about that we re bad parents, that we re bad you know, we should be charged with child endangerment. for those critics, heidi has an answer. like i like to tell everybody, the family that plays together stays together, and that s our motto. and the boys to this day still talk about that rollover and talk about how much fun they had that day and how scary it was, but they re, you know, happy as a family that we go and do this. i think we are all just a little bit of adrenaline junkies. coming up a base jumper free-falls to the earth. he just died. they say if you start base jumping, you re going to die base jumping. i couldn t wait to see her again.
see you guys. on a new mexico bridge, a base jumper s ambitious attempt at acrobatics spins out of control as he crash lands on the bottom of a rocky gorge. he just died. they say if you start base jumping, you re going to die base jumping. it s only a matter of time. in 1998, base jumper alex walkling attempts his 98th base jump off the rio grande gorge bridge in taos, new mexico. his brother ralph is there to film it. alex estimates the 600-foot drop will last eight seconds, giving him a four-second free-fall before he has to pull the rip cord. if you don t pull your chute in time, you re going to hit the ground. that will make it dangerous. simply jumping off a bridge isn t insane enough for alex so
at it from afar. that s why i named it the w hotel. and that day we were jumping room 817, which is 817 feet. has a really flat takeoff. drive right to the exit point and pretty much just run off the top of this thing. let s go! ted is a seasoned base jumper, with more than 600 jumps under his belt, not even a number of nasty crashes have deterred his enthusiasm. during jumps, he makes sure to stay focused on his anymore one priority. not dying. challenges on base jumping are to be able to do it successfully and safely and be able to wake up the next day and do it again. it s and credibly dangerous sport. there s a lot of risk and it s only experience, safety and making smart decisions lets you continue on in the sport. on this day, ted and his friends believe they have everything figured out.
the driver s injuries are minor, but rob s story, major. back at the station i walked in the door and i had a big grin on my face and i said, you guys have to see this. the footage rob shot goes viral, garnering more than1.5 million hits on youtube. the ramp has been redesigned to ensure truck driver safety. rob still marvels at how he wound up at the right place at the right time, even though it was the wrong place and the wrong time for the driver. the fact that i had my camera set up and pointed towards the ramp when the truck was coming down. i can t imagine i am speechless. the timing couldn t have been more perfect. you never think that anything like this is going to happen when you are going out on a shoot. coming up, a base jumper
coming up you want some of me? a drunk and disorderly diner puts mayhem on the menu at this subway. get down on the ground! and don t even think about it. a base jumper on the edge. we re so busted. find out if he lands behind bars. when caught on camera: they fought the law continues.