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#31 - Lonnie Bissonnette

75 min • 25 april 2023

With us this week is Lonnie Bissonnette, a BASE jumping pioneer who after suffering a nearly fatal accident that left him paralyzed, became the first person to earn a BASE number as a paraplegic, jumping all four objects in the BASE acronym (Building, Antena, Span [bridge] and Earth).

He has since traveled the globe BASE jumping and became a para-bobsleigh world champion representing his home country of Canada.

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