BASE Jumping.

BASE Jumping is like sky diving, but instead of having the luxury of jumping out of an airplane at 30,000 feet and having several minutes of free fall, you have as low as a few hundred feet, and only a second or two to pull your chute. You jump off a cliff or building, and you can easily fall into stuff or fuck up your chute. Here's a video of Sketchy Andy doing a backflip off a cliff while BASE jumping, messing it up, running into a wall, and nearly busting his ass on the landing: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ZqFsG-vkAc#t=03m59s

Needless to say, the margin of error is miniscule. That's basically all I know about BASE Jumping. So let's talk specifics. How is my usually-gravity-averse ass going to wake up one day and jump off a cliff? Outside Magazine has a write-up about learning to BASE jump: http://www.outsideonline.com/adventure-travel/adventure-adviser/Where-can-I-learn-to-BASE-jump-nrg.html. According to them, there's a place in West Virginia that will teach you for $400. Not bad, except one of the requirements is that you have completed 100 standard airplane-style skydives first. All the other places in the Outside Magazine article require that you already be a skydiver.

So how do I become a sky diver? According to the US Parachute Association, you need to take safety courses, and do at least 25 solo jumps, before you can take the test for your "A License". http://www.uspa.org/BecomeaSkydiver/KeepSkydiving/tabid/350/Default.aspx
The first jump needs to be tandem, and it costs about 200 bucks. There's a place in my city (a sketchy one, I've heard) that lets you jump for 100 bucks. From start to finish it will take at least a month. Next, I estimate the cost (not including travel to WV for the training course, let's just assume there's one nearby).

Total Costs:

• First tandem dive - $200
• Solo dives - $100 x 25 = $2500
• BASE Jumping course - $400
• Total = $3100

Not bad, I guess! As a poor, busy college student, the price is prohibitive. This item on the bucket list is going to have to wait until I'm making good money, and can devote every weekend for 6 months to learning to skydive. Definitely feasible, though!

BASE Jumping!

Cost: At least $3100

Time: At least 6 months

Feasibility: 6 out of 10