Base jumping biography channel

"We are trying to love life while they are trying to cheat death", observes someone walking a mountain trail as BASE jumpers fly by at incredible speeds.  BASE (which stands for Building, Antennas, Spans, and Earth) jumping has its origins as early as the 1700s but became more mainstream in the 1980s with over two thousand BASE numbers* issued to date.  FLY, a new documentary by Christina Clusiau and Shaul Schwarz (Trophy), looks at some of the individuals and the community behind BASE and wingsuit jumping.

The documentary is currently streaming on Hulu after a limited theatrical release and airing on National Geographic.

Through Fly, Clusiau and Schwarz follow three couples who are at various stages of life and BASE jumping.  The first couple is Jimmy and Marta who are instructors of BASE jumping and who are affectionately known as the "Mom an