Mike Steen

It is August in Norway and the weather is beautiful! Mattt Gerdes and myself are over here on a Big Wall Wingsuit BASE Jumping mission. After burning through some sky miles and a few cocktails to get to Oslo, it was a short flight to Stavanger and a ferry ride to Lysebotyn. Which is the home of some of the most famous BASE jumping cliffs in the world, Kjerag. The weather was awesome for the first day we were there and we did 2 jumps. Liv Mattt’s girl friend had her first terminal cliff in Kjerag, she did great! With a lousy forecast for the area, we ferried our way back to Stavanger and rented a car. The 12 hour drive North to the Romsdal region was not much fun, but with a little Red Bull and some bacon wrapped hot dogs we made it. Things are pretty low key in this region since the world base race crew has cleared out, which leaves us with some of the biggest cliffs in the world all to ourselves. The Troll Wall which averages around 5000 feet tall was the place where the father of BASE jumping Carl Boenish did some of the first big wall jumps outside of the US in the late 1980’s. After a long approach up the backside of the wall, we arrived at the summit around 7pm. The sheer size of the wall is so impressive, just being up there is a real treat, not to mention that we get to fly our wingsuits from it for well over a minute! It was a truly spectacular jump and we didn’t even get arrested or our gear confiscated, bonus! Stay tuned for the trip video which should be done sometime early in September, as for now we have 5 more days to play in this beautiful country.

Carson Klein, Scott Freeland, Eric Roner and Mike Steen had the chance to fly wingsuits over Heber Utah today for the second season of Nitro Circus. It was super cool and we all can’t wait to see the episode when it airs.