This post is also available in: Croatian
RED LAKE IMOTSKI
[nivo effect=”fade” directionNav=”button” controlNav=”true” width=”600px” height=”360px”]
[image]http://hotspots.net.hr/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/base_jumping_red_lake01-_S.jpg[/image]
[image]http://hotspots.net.hr/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/base_jumping_red_lake1s.jpg[/image]
[image]http://hotspots.net.hr/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/base_jumping_red_lake1s.jpg[/image]
[image]http://hotspots.net.hr/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/base5_s.jpg[/image]
[/nivo]
Red Lake in Imotski, once again was the scene of the adventure spectacle. Despite of the rain and the occasional wind, nine base jumpers jumped from the steep cliffs of the Red Lake into the water, at the same time falling and flying for about 300 meters in front of more than five hundred inhabitants of the city of Imotski who were bristling around the cliffs of this natural monument. Croat Vanja Šiljak, Italian Maurizio de Palma, three Austrians Edmond Guschall, Hirschi Thomas and Jurgen Schridi, two Hungarians Csaba Szorcnxi and Gergo Kovacs, and the German Tobias Preidel have marked this base jumping location among many other jumping locations they conquered.
“Well we finished the second halftime of incredible jumps in Imotski Red Lake. The first and the historical jump from 2007, and now, for the second time, I have experienced something amazing. Some of my friends jumped for the first time and felt the same way.” They said to me what I have already know, that many of them have jumped the cliffs from all around the world which was rather challenging; however they all agree in one thing – the jump from the Red Lake cliff is something incredible, something unique. They say that they will come again and that they will show off with the jump they performed here, in Imotski. We jumped into the abyss of the lake which is so scary and at the same time so beautiful. “We enjoyed”, says Vanja Šiljka, a base jumper from Zagreb who gathered a team of daredevil heroes.
Board of Imotski, members of the Mountain Rescue Service and Croatian Mountaineering Association Imotski has provided the logistics for base jumpers.
The whole spectacle of adrenaline on the cliffs of Red Lake was filmed with several cameras. One cameraman was Stipe Božić. Stipe will collect and direct documentary that will consist of shots gathered from all recorders including the recordings from cameras on helmets worn by base jumpers. We strongly believe that this documentary shell draw the attention of a wider audience.
This post is also available in: Croatian
