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With the final days of summer upon us, I thought I'd go through some of the best Perrine Bridge BASE jump videos YouTube has to offer. After nearly an hour of watching them, I found one from 2018 that you've got to see if you haven't already.

Explicit language warning: this man filmed himself facing his fear of heights by BASE jumping tandem off the Perrine Bridge. Again, there is a lot of cursing in this video. But man if this guy isn't exactly how the average person would feel doing this the first time.

A former Marine will be jumping 22 times off the Perrine Bridge to raise awareness and money for research that will help make brain trauma more detectable and treatable in veterans. Approximately 22 veterans commit suicide daily and it can be attributed to traumatic brain injuries.

Personally, I think you have to be certifiably crazy to attempt any BASE jump, let alone one from the roof of a moving vehicle.

With the exception of a single oncoming truck, there are no other human beings or motorists in sight at the time of the jump too, which I found to be pretty awesome.

Austin Carey was the BASE jumper who was lost for over a week after performing a jump with his friend. His body was eventually recovered. His friends commemorated him with one last jump with his ashes. It was all caught on video.

I'm not sure if this area is off limits to this type of recreation, but nonetheless, it was an impressive jump in ideal conditions.

The fall is ONLY 197 feet for crying out loud, and the fact he landed perfectly on a trail below with basically no room for error, is pretty amazing.

Any jump off the Perrine Bridge is insane to me. I've seen people take the plunge on skateboards, in costumes, from the top of passing trucks, and even on fire, but this raises the bar really high.

Since the announcement was made on the Southern Idaho Tourism website in May, locals are growing more and more excited about the opportunity to host jumpers from across the globe in this first ever organized competition in Twin Falls.

A well executed backflip, followed by a textbook landing by one of the day's jumpers, provides a unique angle of both the bridge and the activity itself, and at the same time is a stark reminder of how tiny human beings are compared to nature.

It blows my mind that there are people who not only willingly BASE jump from the bridge, but they enjoy it.