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Happy Parker's performance provoked screams from the audience because he didn't open his parachute until he had dropped past the mid-way point of the Jinmao Tower.

"I thought it was going to be a terrible accident," said one shaken observer.

"I opened my parachute after about six seconds of free-falling," Parker said excitedly. Generally speaking, seven seconds is thought to be the maximum possible time before opening a parachute after BASE jumping from the Jinmao Tower.

The average time for each jumper to be in the sky was estimated to be half a minute. Considering safety, they are asked to open their parachute at least 200 metres from the ground.

"The feeling in the sky is a little frightening although I had experienced about 170 BASE jumps. But when the parachute opened, it is really - Ooh!" said Lisa Denise Boger from the US, one of two women jumpers. "I flew like a bird and enjoyed the great view. Shanghai is really beautiful."

The parachutist, together with Denise Maria Williams, demonstrated pair jumping. Boger opened her parachute after 2.5 seconds and Williams opened hers after five seconds with the aim of keeping a safe space between the partners.

Because the wind was "a little too strong", their landing took place at a crossroad about 30 metres from their intended destination. The performance of the two blondes won great applause from the spectators.

"But the landing was good!" said Boger. "And the construction of the Jinmao is the most amazing of any building I have ever seen or jumped from."

The most interesting jump was that of Andre Gunnar Bach from Norway. Not only because he wore a black formal suit, but also he stood upside-down on a springboard and somersaulted into the sky.

"Actually, I have waited for years to be part of 'China's first high-rise jump'," said Terja Halvorsen, who made the first jump. It has been a dream of his to jump from China's highest skyscraper since it was built.

In 1998, when the Jinmao Tower was still under construction, Halvorsen and his pals visited the high rise. They expressed a wish to make a parachute jump from the tower at that time but were not allowed.

Over the following years, he kept in touch with the Jinmao Tower staff through an intermediary. Because Shanghai was involved in so many other international activities, his parachute jump proposal was not accepted.

However, this year the Shanghai Sports Bureau gave the parachutists the green light.

Scary addiction

BASE jumping originated in the US in 1975. It then became popular in Europe. The jumpers not only need to be brave, they should also have wide knowledge of wind direction and speed, as well as gravitation.

To purse the high skill, some sportsmen wouldn't open the parachute until reaching a height of only 50 metres. This height is still thought as the lower limit.

"I used to open the parachute at about 70 metres, the feeling is both scary and fun," said Boger, who has already had 12 years of sky diving and 5 years of BASE jumping.

Sometimes, BASE jumpers are described as being as crazy as drug addicts because of the high risk. After jumping, the parachutist falls freely for 150 metres in about six seconds, allowing only a split second to open the parachute.

All the jumpers have long experience in BASE jumping and sky diving. Harry Parker holds the world record for multi-person BASE jumping, off the 876-foot New River Gorge Bridge in West Virginia.

Avery Badenhop, a tattoo artist, has made over 500 BASE jumps since 1993. Halvorsen had 250 BASE jumps from cliffs, buildings, antennas and bridges.

"For most of us, the Jinmao Tower is the highest building we have ever jumped from," said Parker from the US, the leading jumper, with leaps from about 20 high buildings around the world.

Boger said of the sport:"My family didn't try to persuade me to quit this sport because they knew they couldn't change me." This time, she only told her mother about her plans in China because she didn't want to worry more people.

"Actually, my girlfriend is more nervous than me every time, because some danger always exists," Halvorsen echoed. His girlfriend and three children also sat in the audience on this occasion.

Chinese absent

At this event there were no Chinese participants. "China has no BASE jumpers yet, we only have professional sky divers," said Wu Xinmin, the organizer.

To attend the event, China imported two professional parachutes. "But because the time was so tight, some equipment didn't arrive on time. The two Chinese parachutists who went to France for the World Championships held last month also had no spare time to prepare for the Jinmao event," Wu said.

"I believe we will soon see the first generation of Chinese BASE jumpers," he added. "We also hope to hold such BASE jumping as a regular annual event."

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