Famous Places for BASE Jumping - Norway

Norway has become a favourite destination for BASE Jumpers across the world. This is because BASE Jumping is still legal in most places and dramatic cliffs and fjords make for good places to jump off.

BASE Jumping in Norway by  KhanOssie  

BASE Jumping in Norway by GoPro

Troll Wall

Troll Wall by LoveThesePics

Troll Wall (Trollveggen) is the tallest vertical rock face in Europe at 1,100m. The rock is gneiss, and is quite loose. 


The wall is popular with climbers and BASE Jumpers alike. Jorma Öster made the first BASE Jump off Troll Wall in 1980. Carl Boenish died there in 1984 shortly after setting the world record for the highest BASE Jump in history. BASE Jumping was made illegal there in 1986, after a number of fatalities. This was because it is impossible to rescue injured or dead people from the cliff by helicopter and rescuers have to climb the wall at great danger to themselves. 






Preacher's Pulpit / Pulpit Rock

Preacher's Pulpit / Pulpit Rock by LoveThesePics

Preacher's Pulpit or Pulpit Rock (Preikestolen) is a 604m high granite cliff looking over Lysefjorden, western Norway. The top of the cliff is almost flat and is 25m by 25m. 


Preikestolen is a famous tourist attraction. During the four summer months of 2009, approximately 130,000 people took the hike up to the top.


The angular shape was formed by freeze-thaw action during the last ice-age.


Troll's Tongue

Troll's Tongue by LoveThesePics

Troll's Tongue (Trolltunga) is a piece of rock that juts out horizontally over Odda, Norway. There is a drop of 350m into the water below.


There used to be a trolley car that brought visitors up most of the way, but anyone wanting to visit or jump Trolltunga must hike the whole way up now.    




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