First, rugby, and the British And Irish Lions are making final preparations before their opening test match against the all blacks this weekend. Tulsen tollett, bbc sport centre. Shaping up as a big game . The three tests, the first one getting underway this weekend in auckland, that is where we can go now, Sports Correspondent katie joining us, go through some information, katie, peter 0 mahony, of the munster men, Captaining The Lions, in favour of Sam Warburton, taking his place on the bench, should we be surprised at the time only should we be surprised that Peter Omahony is captaining the team . Welcome to auckland, top of the sky town, what a murky day, the lines will be very happy if the weather stays like this for the big test of course on saturday. Sky tower. In answer to your question about peter 0mahony, Sam Warburton has been struggling for fitness on this tour. He has come in great game against the maoris, in the backline, taking the armband, we expected him to be captain
First, rugby, and the British And Irish Lions are making final preparations before their opening test match against the all blacks this weekend. Tulsen tollett, bbc sport centre. Shaping up as a big game . The three tests, the first one getting underway this weekend in auckland, that is where we can go now, Sports Correspondent katie joining us, go through some information, katie, peter 0 mahony, of the munster men, Captaining The Lions, in favour of Sam Warburton, taking his place on the bench, should we be surprised at the time only should we be surprised that Peter Omahony is captaining the team . Welcome to auckland, top of the sky town, what a murky day, the lines will be very happy if the weather stays like this for the big test of course on saturday. Sky tower. In answer to your question about peter 0mahony, Sam Warburton has been struggling for fitness on this tour. He has come in great game against the maoris, in the backline, taking the armband, we expected him to be captain
bill: i am reading that your 24th of jump was the most challenging. temperatures were in the 90s, you will port in idaho. you are saying stamina is the biggest challenge to make this happen, but what s the bigger danger? you don t have a backup plan, do you? you have one single parachute system but i ve been practicing this my whole life and have over 4000-5,000 base jumps. i am pretty versed on parachuting skills. the biggest challenge, biggest danger was staying awake at night while climbing the rocks. sometimes i would find myself climbing and i forgot the last two moves i did and pay a textured to keep it together. bill: you have to have a check list every time you go. which tells me you have to keep your mind focused. it s all on you. it is. it s actually on my team. i had a tremendously awesome team supporting me and i couldn t have done it without them. he was doing the checklist every
nearly every day in twin falls, idaho. i have done 2,150 base jumps as of today. i definitely down to risk my life for it still. it s definitely the passion of my life. it s different from skydiving. base jumping is more basic. there s one parachute. no backup because there s no time for one. we pack it like it is the only chance, since it is. the bridge sits 500 feet above the snake river in twin falls and it s a hot spot for base jumpers who can legally jump from the bridge any day of the week without a permit. i jump off this bridge, i d say, probably four days a week, about five times a day, on average, about 20 jumps a week. three, two, one, see ya! i feel very confident in what i m doing. i don t feel like i m taking a huge risk every time.
on tandem base jumps and he asked if i could take dorothy. i said i need to meet her and see if she is in good physical condition enough to do it. a couple of days later i went and visited her. she s so sharp. she was actually in really good shape for 102 years old. that s when i decided to go for it. he said, would you jump? and i said, i don t see why not. as i said there s only two things that happen. i could either make it or i wouldn t and either way it didn t make any difference. june 2nd, 2013, sean and dorothy get suited up for their tandem jump from the middle of the bridge. i put her in full body armor, pads made for motocross just in case we jumped in to anything. i didn t want her to get hurt. cameras are positioned to capture every angle, on sean s helmet, dorothy s hand and another base jumper who will jump alongside them. we had to have her climb over the rail, which was going to be