FAT-WHYME

BASE jumper / Inventor / Calvin19 pilot and Hannibal: A Family Affair

Bill Waterson's Calvin and Hobbes comic strips was introduced to the public in 1985, a Matthew year before "Calvin" Hecker made his debut on this planet. Now, an argument can make Calvin19, as it is known in the forum, was left out by mistake here by the mother ship and will soon return to claim it. Adding to this argument are fellow BASE jumpers say: "That guy has some crazy shit," a statement attracts you to think "This is someone I have to fulfill."

"Live your life for you and not based in the popular mind. Individuals can not be classified, which are too diverse for the label. Do not be an adventurer, reckless, or athlete, be an explorer of all things in life. "Calvin is a browser of life, covering every moment of every day with every fiber of your being. Go ten rounds with despair, pain with desire, and he is full of passion to swallow life before the world does to ash.

When he is not doing, create or manage an affair, which is captured on film. Thousands and thousands of Freezing photos to friends and family at a time when time-preserved to rekindle the flames of imagination. Boulder, Colorado, has provided stage of his life, this work of art that is live and breathe. "I love this city, the other young college women, glorious mountains in my backyard huge towers 2000 feet high cliffs, rivers, my family and friends, "he exclaims.

This kind of life at the time reflected in his philosophy to go well, "Everything you do can only be new to you once. My life is a series of moments. I have a soundtrack. Every time I try to fly at the height of that beautiful music in my head and that pictures are worth the time it took my imagination to compose ideas. You could compare it to films, was never a good judge of films because I could not see the whole thing in its final value. I kept getting lost in every moment, every feeling that could be taken of the beauty of visual and auditory sensations. Fly does it for me, I can produce the feelings they feel, and I have to keep flying. When you see the line in a plane or a wingsuit and then riding hard to the hole in the sky. "

"I live as I, with the flight, and risk, and dreams and reality, just so maybe I can live by the score in the head. I can not write music, or painting landscapes, but can fly. I can move my body with leaves of my tools for the most incredible feelings and transfer of these visions of grandeur and epic adventure to who may be watching. "

These moments of time weigh heavily on the mind of Calvin. Lost time steals the opportunity to scratch goals accomplished in his long list. Oh, yes there is a list entitled "Things to Do Before I Die" and reads as such:

• 1-Break "the" record. (Classified Information)
• 2-Building a powered aircraft
• 3-build a submarine.
• South 4-Vela, far away.

A fairly ambitious list of goals for anyone, then again, Calvin is not any, as evidenced by its list activities: Wingsuit pilot, flight rope jumping, sewing, BASE jumping, skiing and flying, rigging, sailing, rafting, climbing, flight speed, EU, photography, travel, aviation, Granite Surf, Acrobatics, paragliding, hang gliding, HAB crew / jumping, kite, editing, photography, diving, racing Zagi, Slack Lining and Red movement.

He is currently working on his degree of "Flying Things" at Utah Valley University through online courses, allowing you to accelerate the process. Plane was flying at 13 sailing, hang gliding at 16 and earned his pilot's license from the FAA at the age of 18. Only to end currently grounded due to an accident and the consequent denial of the FAA to clean your doctor for another 3 years. Calvin sums up the situation as an "epic no" at the FAA and did not stop "whining" about it in public.

That said, is reconciled to the most stupid thing I've done was "to fly a glider into a rotor and left me in a coma with a ¾ of millions of dollars on a hospital stay, a painful foot and 6 months of my life in hiding unknown. "This allowed the FAA to let him out again at the moment because the doctor. Although the 6 months can be counted as time spent in state point was time lost for a man who has places to visit, things to do, people to meet. He has little patience for the "lost time."

Like Calvin, of Calvin and Hobbes, the creation of Fame transmogrifier "this Calvin intends to be an innovator in everything he undertakes. With no plans forever retire from doing things he feels passionate about life. "Flying is part of my life," he says, "The most important thing is to understand about me is that no account BASE jumping separated from my other activities. I fly with aerodynamic blades in many ways there is no way for me to separate BASE jumping. I use the basic equipment for a multitude of things, as well as BASE jumping, and a multitude of things that are basic equipment for BASE jumping. My goal is to innovate, my fear is that I will never help any of everything I do. "

Damian Doucette lists Calvin, Pope, Chris Jesse Hall, Shane McConkey, JT Holmes, Miles Daisho, Nicholas Kaminski, Max Kuszaj, Kenyon Salo, Mike Steen, Blake, and Brendon as bridges he admires. He is mentally prepared for a leap to "think about all I I am about to do and what will I do if something goes against what I have planned. Mostly this is just making a quick final check of gear, but rising up all or a walk rather than seek all the information available to me. I am especially looking for the characteristics of wind and air. People need to understand that the beauty of jump BASE and sport similar to it, no way to properly prepare for each jump. Every time you leave an object different conditions. My final thoughts are of what I want make the jump. "As the biggest mistakes that he believes new bridges," increasingly confident and being ignorant, but this is one of the things BASE jumping hopeless. "

I pushed him further to explain why you think BASE jumping to be "hopeless." "By saying hope I do not believe that I mean not paying attention. I mean there is no way to please everyone, no points of view so different that it is impossible for everyone happy. The important thing to remember is that there are always things to learn, no matter what. Even if what they are learning is how not to act or what not to do. Thinking about things is very important but must be outside jumper prospects for couples to experience their own thoughts. "

Calvin began to skydiving to get into BASE jumping. He fell in love all kinds of free falling and flying, but hate the dropzone and clique paratrooper and clichés At age 19, was BASE jumping and earned his BASE jumping number five. He was attracted to BASE jumping at the age of 13 years of age while watching television with his friend Alex Gilmer. He remembers BASE the day I discovered, "was a steady increase in Tombstone," 3 … 2 … 1 … Exit! "Only a 2 second delay, slider below. I remember watching the replay again and again. I looked at Alex and said, "I will do that." The two no more than 8 years later. "

In talking with Adam Foster, a longtime friend and bridge partner of Calvin, who recounted this story as one of his most memorable "Heckerisms."

It was Christmas Eve ('04 I think). There was a little tail wind and I told Matt it was his decision (as the conditions were not good, but not horrible). I PCA was to him and then free fall. We have everything ready and got to Matt for his PCA, which came out and opened it. Upon landing exploded, he fell down, and did a wonderful PLF followed by the flag that covers it (which were landing downwind). At the moment all I could think was: "I think it might be a bit too windy for a downwind landing. "morally could not send Matt out of her jump first building and no longer after seeing its less than optimal landing and he jumped and crashed in the same way. All in all it was an amazing night and an eventful one for Matt, who won the base number. Oh, did I mention it was his fifth BASE jumping? Matt is probably one of the most wonderful people I have met. With all that has been through he has yet to be a jumper Most talented BASE (among other things) I'm with friends. It could also prepare in time he made his first start winner of the sketchiest cliff cliff I jumped.

Calvin enjoys the "therapy" of a solo jump, sometimes giving you hours of preparation time allowing you to think about what you are doing without interruptions. However, it is more "satisfied" and "better" state of mind when participating in a hunt group to share the experience with others. The jump that stands out in your mind, "my illegal jump great wall with my best friend Jesse Hall, the magic of movement and sound epic on great. Jesse is almost the best friend out there, Pro Skier, the most natural BASE jumper experts I've seen. He took me to the great wall illegal when he had just turned 20. "

His describes your favorite object go this way: "She is sexy, tall, perfect complexion dark, very damp at the bottom and perfect in size." Before you go accusing to take erotic writing, take note of what is a romantic who is about to fly, "feeling desperate to get out of a starting point, followed by hope full sense of aerodynamic control in freefall and the speed is reached, the fear is replaced by a sense of control. BASE is a challenge for me, a therapy in an exercise of the emotions, reactions and the achievement of "fear." How many people get the "respect" more than twice a year on vacation? Not many. I have almost every day. "The object attractive, tall, perfect size is" the great wall illegal in Colorado, "we talked about earlier.

What does a man who loves flying, adventure and exploration of the possibilities for taking time to stop and look outside its scope of activities? "I Enjoy watching the Red Bull air races a lot. I have no money or ability to participate. These pilots are the best of the best flying very best. There is no argument. "In As for the Red Bull Air Force believe that some injury to the base, which bravely made clear in his opinion, "there is nothing wrong with the actions of the Red Bull Air Force. All of them are my heroes. They do wonderful things and I want to be part of your team. They are athletes who have promoted themselves, their skills and be able to have someone else to foot the bill for things they love. I believe that innovators and explorers. "

"Shane, the Red Bull team and other athletes incredible out there, are pushing the envelope, which are doubling every time they fly. After reading posts by Shane and JT (his blog) I think I enjoy life, jumping and be in amazing places like the bridges of the old school that bridges bandit was back in the day. Shane Miles and explore places that have never been jumped and opened for all of us to see and follow. Lives and everything about the place and people when they jump. "

"The (Anti-Red Bull oldies) always say" that are jumping on the shoulders of giants, "referring to the people who started the sport. These days, when I jump with Jesse Hall, where ski-base, I'm jumping next to these giants of the modern era. These guys are the giants of today, pushing the envelope farther and faster. "

"Shane is a hero of mine. Shane is a giant. Period. "

For Calvin "jump" is how he grew up. Do not teach about death, but reminded him a lot. "It made my mind wander to the things that scares me, but not ignored. BASE jump" LCh 'every emotion a human can have for me. " Growing jump has added an interesting dynamic of their responsibilities and relationships with his family. In particular, her sisters, whom he constantly blows in your pages pen Facebook with comments, as well as in childhood, often chasing Ana with his mouth full of saliva threatening to throw in his direction.

"I go because I want too. All my family may think or say is I do not care. This is not exclusive to BASE jumping. I think if a loved one is slowing down or stopping someone do something they love, then the unloved and being selfish. BASE say is a selfish sport and it is. I have no illusions that I do not know anyone that does. The only thing more selfish to tell someone not to do so. It is an addiction to drugs or alcohol. I love BASE jumping. Drug addicts or alcoholics who have not of addiction, but who need and are delusional. BASE and I love flying, so I fly and jump. Any person standing in my way of this is selfish. Anyone with my 'best interests in mind that the ground crew for me and take photos. Do not tell me I'm being reckless. "

Enter Aníbal … a student University of Colorado BFA in film production. Ana enjoys many hobbies everything in between art and media, drawing, writing, photography, film, television, and reading. "In the past it has designed artwork for Bridge Day and affirms this as their final thoughts before a jump, "Cam? Cheque. Lens cap out? check. Framing? check. Approach? check. Oh, shit, is in video mode. Well, now … f * @ #! There you go. Oops. "She is optimistic about life, announced Academy Award winning, traveling the world and be the first man on Pluto and its future goals. If Calvin is the "romantic" of the family, then Anne is the "fool" the pepper to salt. Today Ana is his brother, Calvin "best interests "at heart in spite of the indifference that could have shared in its infancy.

"I ran into a" tree, "says Ana to give mostly Bonehead moves to date. "Matt will love me for saying this. I was out of our house in Evergreen, losing time as a child 11 years ago. Then Matt left the house. This was during the years that Matt was more likely to spit on me or hit me than anything else, so the first sign of him the construction of the phlegm that was in a dead sprint. That, looking back it was quite late, especially since I was looking back in time, Matt, in Instead of moving, and so the trees are not as smooth as one would expect. I ended up lying on the ground, dazed and in pain, with Matt standing over me laughing his ass. He she went in, I left there. This big brother, I think I was there for a good ten minutes before I could move. The whole side of my face was bleeding and had this great face great crust of weeks. "

She brings her "little shit be a tyrant and abusive" to her in his youth to make it strong ", which can take a lot of pain without complaint." Which also expresses "weaker, because you never ask for help on anything that matters ".

During this interview Calvin / Matt made no comment so terrible that he now felt in the way they treated his sister in her days youth. You should, Anne, being the President of the Matthew "Calvin" fan club Hecker, Emily's younger sister as Vice President. In investment the question regarding "family responsibilities", Ana spoke candidly about his brother's BASE jump.

"When I think of how dangerous that is, or how I could get the call. You know the call that I received in the past. "Your brother has been in an accident." The other day Matt was jumping an 'A' a few hours away. It's kind of reached the point where I worry all the time. Every time the phone rings I have an instinctive reaction think the worst has passed. "

I love that Matt is a bridge. It is very handsome as a wool sweater. No, seriously, I love it. He always seems so happy when to jump, skip, or has just jumped. After flying a plane that is where I see the happiest. So, did you ever try to stop him or wish he would stop only to end my personal concern, giving up a vital part of yourself? Of course not. I always wonder about the bridges that are considered selfish for others. But what is less selfish to try to get the bridge to meet what you want? If I told Matt to stop jumping because he could die, really worry that he would die or I'm worried that I would have to cope with his death? Moreover, one of the reasons why mess with the jumpers, jump, and community is to avoid the call. Matt I do not want to die jumping, I do not want to kill to die, period. But if you do jump die, I want to be there with him if possible. Not For the phone call. I do not want the unanswered questions and second-hand stories. That's my opinion on the matter. All this is secondary to how cool it looks and how fun it is to be there, but that is an argument for me. "

Ana has never BASE jumped but has a tandem jump and in 2007 completed a jump rope FRASCA. She does credit to be near his brother and his fellow jumpers to contribute to personal growth. "Well, had a direct hand in my decision transfer of a life of lameness as English major in the state of Colorado to a life of a film maker, which is exactly where I want to be. He brought a lifetime of dissatisfaction and boredom at 19 years of excitement and happiness at age 21. I actually thought while watching continuously, these guys, at least in theory, live like you can not see tomorrow. They do what they love, they understand mortality. I will not live life thinking, "I'll do tomorrow?" When I am postponing is my happiness, my dreams, my life? So I switched. Now I'm doing what I love. My personal growth comes in the form of a reduction in personal limp. "

As to whether BASE jumping is a sport of double face in their unique point of view, "based, which just had its own weakness or fear of conquest. You have apathetic environment to compete with, but not to compete again. Now, you, your instinct, your mind, your logic, your heart and all, they are fighting all the time. To able to carry out the body of logical reasoning, physical body, and place their fears at bay as to jump from a great height in the open environment? That's not a trick or sport, it's art. "

Ana's contribution is based on the way that advocates of non-bridges on the issues of violation of domicile or the little bridge would impact on national parks compared with climbers and hikers. "No rescue teams get paid? Don'tf * King% is lost hikers all the time? I do not look for logic in the ban on the bridges, "he laments. Another contribution is the documentation that makes his brother and fellow jumpers on film, photos and work. She considers her involvement with the community as an egoist. "I know these people, I want to be part of it. If you ever give back to the base community, because I can and whatever happens, not because they seek or have any appreciation. I am beneficiary. Any giving is purely coincidental. "

Not to be outdone by her brother that she can be so romantic that describes what you like BASE jumping. "I like the camaraderie. I also like psychology, aesthetics, fashion, fighting, and human flight. The vitality of everything. The way I feel about the that there really is a reason to be alive and we are more than random firing synapses and cells hit each other to form a little fleshy pod goo. "

When it comes to post on the forum does not let Anne touch of "what is #@!%—than-do-here?" Stop. "I like to think I can contribute something maybe just a new opinion here and there, perhaps a strange perspective on things. "In terms of changes in jumper.com BASE:" I could say that would make people nicer, but I do not believe in censorship and I think even though no one has to send there, which greatly limits by which people can post is just that. There are members who are abrasive annoying, but at the same time, as a non-bridge, I feel like I'm exceeding the limit by posting a comment them. So much of the time, I keep my thoughts. "

He adds: "Thank you, BASE jumping community, to allow a group help, as I sit still and hope to belong. And let me take pictures and be weird and difficult. "

"Oh, the" awkward, she jokes. Any it can feel the awkwardness that his brother does not. "Ana is bright and always creating. I love my two sisters to death."

Anne

If Ana is the pepper to salt Calvin, 4 '10 "ball of energy from his parents named Emily is the spice in their lives. Emily, a young man of 19 years, attending the University Colorado, Colorado Springs, majoring in psychology is "retarded happy", as Calvin describes it. He is quick to note that "Emily is impressive and can fly without wings ", referring to his gymnastic skills.

Emily explains to reach an agreement with the sports activities of his brother. "I do not think he will die or be injured as much before the injury. Guess I always saw him as indestructible. I always trusted his opinion and its systems. But then of the accident it became clear to me that no one can be sure of doing things it does so only by being smart about it. It scares me to learn that could come at any time to call the family saying he died paragliding, or jumping, or one of the many things your not. But I think what scares me most is the thought of him not to do such things. He is the steering wheel, the bridge, the adventurer, the pilot. I know he does not do these things make him unhappy. What it does is beautiful, incredible, and I love the fact that he makes. I will not lie to say that it feels fresh and I like telling people how awesome he is my brother. "Yes, yes, he is a pilot, a diver BASE, a paraglider pilot, a skier, Matt Hecker, he is my brother. "I like that fact. A little."

As a little boy who idolized his brother. She relates that play on your system first jump in the house of his father. "It was fun. There was an incident which happened while they were crazy to let me play and I bounced it all the way around the rope. My brother and his friends thought he was impressive, but apparently it was dangerous, so I did not play in it never more. "Like Anna, who has gone from string FRASCA Calvin go along with his mother. She hopes to one day paragliding figures that his brother might think it's cool her younger sister. I never encouraged him to participate in any sports, but his friends have suggested she needs to at least break one day.

Despite that do not attend the forum due to BASE jumper and his life away from his brother while attending school, she still feels that he and his friends have contributed BASE jump their own personal growth through the years.

"I have an absolute love for flying, adventure and beauty of this world. I would have to be near my brother and his friends, that the bridges or not, definitely my way of seeing life. I have become very adventurous and my brother is the cause of it. I'd like to see out of time the front door and a host of amazing to see him return with stories and photos that made me want to do something more in life. Mostly he and other BASE jumpers made what you really want to live life fuller and better than I can, no matter how. What I admire my brother is that he does they want, in life or in a day he does not hesitate, just do it. What he puts his heart to do, it always has. "

Considering that many have trouble reconciling bridges his love of free fall with the maintenance of peace in the family, Calvin has been doing. Calvin Hobbes comic strip has been his faithful companion, which Love Calvin and support of its two "ginger" sisters. "I think it helped my parents to come to grips with my life too. Anne, in particular, loves to go to events basic and stuff. The "support crew" is awesome and the memories are always better. I had a childhood much compared to a lot of people, but I jumping and doing the things I love doing it made me realize the importance of calling my mother, or hugging her, etc. "

Emily

I asked Adam if he felt that Calvin would achieve all the goals in his "Things to Do Before I Die" list. "Unless you die first, not much can stop. It's damn tough and very motivated. I just hope I can be there for some of the brilliance that flows. "As mentioned above," not dude some shit crazy "and is someone that everything would be lucky to meet and share their brilliance.

Calvin19. Win. Period.

Five Random Facts, habits or on Ana Oddities

• Hannibal, his online persona comes from the combination Anne Hannibal.
• I have great apprehension to a full scale zombie or alien attack.
• I can not filter out noise like a normal person, so listen everything in the vicinity.
• I am a pessimist and be enjoy and a cynic.
• I have a fear of heights and told me to jump out.

Tattoo Calvin19

Calvin quick questions:

Q: Your greatest achievement in life so far?

A: Ménage à trios

Q: What kind of vehicle to drive?

R: Subaru Outback

Q: What will your epitaph read?

A: "Audacity"

Q: Favorite book?

A: Contact by Carl Sagan

Q: What makes you unique to jump?

R: Nothing to skip things like everyone else.

Q: Are the changes that would make Basejumper.com:

A: "Get rid of ginger is all "

Q: What is your greatest weakness in the jump?

R: I have only average awareness air.

Q: What do you think is your contribution to the BASE?

R: to help participants who are willing and able.

Q: Who is chosen as the respondent's next?

R: Holmes JT

Calvin Stats:

• Age: 24
• Marital status: Single
• Children: 0
• Location: Boulder, Colorado
• Number jump: 1000 total canopy openings and landings
• Year of first jump: 2002
• Container: Warlock
• Canopy: Blackjack 260

Thanks to Adam Foster, and Emily Hecker for his contribution to the article.

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