Oxford Base Jumps
Im so glad to take my newfound love of BASE back to my grass roots… Oxford my birth town was also the start of my urban climbing journey as a kid. Taking on small climbs around the city…. it christened my love for urban freesolo.
I feel such an overwhelming sense of privilege and fulfilment to come back at 22 with a BASE rig, jumping in aerial solitude amongst the dreaming spires.
This jump has given me more fulfilment than any other jump I have done. A real sense of self-actualisation.
Not only is this the birth place of my urban climbing journey. But also the birth of everything which makes me. Friends. Lifes Ups and downs, memories, experiences, all started in this very small but personally significant city.
I struggle putting into words what it feels to return to my hometown and experience it in this way. It’s really hard to articulate why that’s so special to me.
There’s a nostalgic feeling I will forever feel when walking down broad street knowing that at one point my body has been in aerial no-man’s-land down that channel.
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