Danny Weiland set the mark at 64 this weekend. Photo: Scott Rogers
It’s one of the only possible geological setups that would allow for such a world record to even exist. And be broken. Again and again. Which is the case in Twin Falls, Idaho, where Danny Weiland BASE jumped off the Perine Bridge, floating down into the Snake River Canyon and climbing back up to the bridge 64 times in a 24-hour period, a record that was set in June by Miles Daisher.
It’s become a bit of a back and forth between Weiland and Daisher. A year ago this month, the Denver-native broke Daisher’s record of 57 set in 2007. Then Daisher reset the mark to 63 in June. It stood until Weiland flung himself off the bridge 64 times this weekend. On one television report, he can be seen using a bike to connect the trail out of the canyon with the bridge while traffic whizzes by through the night. He finished at 4 a.m. Sunday morning.
Daisher is one of the world’s most accomplished pilots. Weiland is obviously an experienced jumper too, just more under the radar. He swears the record isn’t about a rivalry with Daisher, though.
“I don’t look at him as a rival, I look at him as a brother and I hope he feels the same way,” Weiland said. “It feels different from last year. Last year was more about proving to the world that I could do something awesome, and this was about proving to myself that I could do even better than I did with a lot of hardship that I went through the year before.” Weiland didn’t give details as to what those hardships were.
He did go live on his Facebook page throughout his attempt on the record, however, raising money for the local search and rescue unit in Twin Falls, which has become busier lately thanks to the increase in BASE jumpers using Perrine Bridge as one of the only legal places to practice the sport in the country. In one video late in his attempt, Weiland becomes visibly emotional after breaking the record.
“The first 25 jumps are, we’ll call it smoother, it’s not smooth,” Weiland said. “At about 30, your nervous system starts to do weird things, your body wants to stop and you have to find a way to convince your mind to keep it going.”
No word on whether Guinness has officially made the new mark official.
Here’s a look at Weiland’s attempt at 61.
