Are you covered?
BASE jumping is all fun and games until you are smashed up on the talus and need rescue and surgery. I know a lot of us can’t afford health insurance., but all hopes are not lost, there is ways around it. Did you know that most travel insurances cover you as long as you are 50 miles from home?
We will try to keep an updated list of travel insurances which cover BASE jumping.
You can also find some good informations on this website:
https://www.cloudbasemayhem.com/unscrambling-insurance-are-you-covered/
Utah Search & Rescue
Utah Search and Rescue Association - it’s not free!
For only $25 you can buy a one-year membership card that will cover the expenses of search and rescue if you need it
Detour Insurance
They cover BASE jumping! And an extensive list of extreme sports if you select @the edge and @the edge+ plans.
Don’t worry about the destination if you going to multiples, just select the place you will arrive. land, or spend the most time. You are covered everywhere but above 4,500 meters!
Description of coverage:
“Extreme Sports means any high-risk non-team sport or recreation activity that is dangerous and if performed optimally, even by the highly skilled, risks loss of life or limb. Extreme Sports often involve speed, height, a high level of physical exertion and/or highly specialized gear. Extreme Sports include; skydiving, hang gliding, Parachuting, bungee jumping, caving, rappelling, spelunking, white or black water rafting above Grade 3, Skiing or snowboarding outside marked trails or in an area accessed by helicopter, Rock Climbing, rodeo, racing or practicing to race any motorized vehicle, bicycle or watercraft, free diving, and scuba diving at a depth greater than sixty (60) feet or without a dive master”
“Mountaineering means the sport, hobby or profession of walking, hiking, climbing and Rock Climbing up mountains that involves ascending beyond an altitude of four thousand five hundred (4,500) meters.”
Classic Air Medical
In past years there has been Classic Air Medical helicopter insurance for a nominal fee that supplemented your regular health insurance to cover Classic air ambulance services - there is no longer a membership available
With the No Surprises Act, consumers have new billing protections when getting emergency care and non-emergency care from out-of-network or in-network facilities, and air ambulance services from out-of-network providers. Through new rules aimed to protect consumers, out-of-pocket costs are restricted, and emergency services must continue to be covered without any prior authorization, and regardless of whether or not a provider or facility is in-network.
This enactment renders memberships unnecessary. Therefore Classic Air Medical has decided to no longer offer a membership program. Our belief is that selling air medical memberships is an out-dated and unnecessary practice that all air medical companies should discontinue.
French Alpine Club
The French BASE Association and the French Alpine Club have worked together to come up with a multi sport insurance that covers BASE jumping in Europe and Worldwide. This insurance covers BASE jumping only from natural objects (Paralpinisme). The insurance has a standard price with standard guarantee and an option for a Worldwide Extended Coverage.