{"id":17211,"date":"2016-03-08T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-03-08T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/skydivemag.com\/new\/?p=17211"},"modified":"2016-03-08T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2016-03-08T00:00:00","slug":"2016-03-08-acrophobia-im-afraid-of-heights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/2016-03-08-acrophobia-im-afraid-of-heights\/","title":{"rendered":"Acrophobia &#8211; I\u2019m afraid of heights"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/157927355\">Short and beautiful, &#8216;Acrophobia&#8217; is about a BASE jumper that is afraid of heights. He has to overcome his deepest fear before every single jump.&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\nBASE jumpers are not crazy. For them, responsibility and safety is the most important thing. They jump because of that one moment, where the whole world around them fades into irrelevance.&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\nThis attitude peaks in the story of Martijn Maas. 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