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Skydiving near Ben Bulben

northknife · 2013-06-03 12:01:36

Hi was driving towards Donegal on Sunday and at the far end of Ben Bulben there appeared to be people skydiving or base jumping or something of that nature. Anyone got any idea what was going on. If it was skydiving would love to do a jump near Ben Bulben.

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03-06-2013 1:01pm

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northknife

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Hi was driving towards Donegal on Sunday and at the far end of Ben Bulben there appeared to be people skydiving or base jumping or something of that nature.
Anyone got any idea what was going on.
If it was skydiving would love to do a jump near Ben Bulben.

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#2 03-06-2013 5:45pm
Gipo3

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Paragliding maybe

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#3 03-06-2013 8:13pm
red sean

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Paragliders.
Used to be a regular sight a few years ago.

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#4 03-06-2013 8:42pm
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I'm no expert, but I would imagine the sheer vertical drop is not high enough for base jumping.

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#5 03-06-2013 9:30pm
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cEeVbc5Me-A

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#6 03-06-2013 9:33pm
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It probably was paragliders, was a good bit away and just the shape of the contraptions made me think it was parachutists.

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#7 03-06-2013 9:38pm
northknife

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Was just tying a response(slowly) and when I went back to the page I see now that is was most definitely paragliding that I saw

For Forks Sake wrote: »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cEeVbc5Me-A

Looks absolutely brilliant. Scenery is spectacular.

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