Einar Enevoldson, who has joined the Red Bull Stratos project as Mission Control's 'capcom support', knows what it's like to be a world-beater. Over a span of 48 years, he set eight world records, six of which still stand

In 1960, Joseph Kittinger fell free at an unprecedented rate from a balloon at the very edge of space. Now, Austrian BASE jumper Felix Baumgartner aims to break the American's 50-year-old record with his most audacious project ever, Red Bull Stratos.

Belgium's Cedric Dumont created history by being the first person to BASE jump off the top of the Vilnius TV Tower in Lithuania.

What better way to remember Hannibal’s famous crossing of the Alps in 218BC than with a BASE jump from a helicopter?

Russian daredevil Valery Rozov made international news this week when he became the first person to skydive into a live volcano.

Freeskier and BASE jumper Karina Hollekim managed to survive a near-fatal parachute accident in 2006. But 60 seconds in our hotseat is a whole different ball game...

Extreme skier is killed during Italian film shoot.

Film-maker Sol Vallis has turned Chuck Berry, Miles Daisher and Shane McConkey's spectacular BASE jumping adventure in New Zealand's Southern Alps into a new film, Uncharted.

Self-styled Aerial Adventurer Chuck Berry’s dream came true this weekend as he carried out a daring BASE jump from the top of Terror Peak in New Zealand.

A parachute accident three years ago ended her BASE jumping career and should have taken her life. At the very least, she would never walk again. So why is Karina Hollekim back in training?