Exit Altitude, Exit Point, Landing: The 3 Map Errors
Every BASE jump starts with a decision you craft prior you leave the ground: where exactly do you exit? Not just 'the cliff'—the precise point, at the proper altitude, with the sound wind. Get it faulty, and the jump ends ahead of you've even opened. I've watched jumpers scrub a row as they drove to the trailhead, hiked two hours, and then realized their exit point was 400 meters south and 150 meters lower than the satellite image suggested. The map lied. Or rather, they read it off. Why Getting the Exit sound Is a Survival Skill, Not a Formality The real spend of a misread exit Exit altitude and exit point are not the same number. One is a height. The other is a location. Conflating them is the fastest way to turn a routine jump into a short, violent ride.