The Story
“I never thought I’d wingsuit again.”
That is the first line Jamie wrote under this film. Then came six weeks at sea, sailing from Denmark to Norway. A helicopter took the team to the exit. The film is the jump, the pass through the waterfall, and what it takes to walk away from a near miss.
Six weeks of sailing to reach one mountain
Jamie never thought he would wingsuit again. Then he, Oliver and Vasil sailed from the shores of Denmark to Norway, six weeks of sailing every single day, to reach the same mountain where Jamie made his very first wingsuit flight. Oliver wanted to learn to wingsuit. Vasil was new to cliffs.
Norway was also the first country Jamie ever travelled to outside America. Seeing how different the world was changed him, and this trip changed the direction of his life.
Where he stopped being reckless
This is the trip where Jamie stopped treating BASE like a stunt. No more aerials, no more flips. He started asking a harder question: why do I actually want to wingsuit? That question still runs through everything Battling Monsters films today.
The team took a helicopter to the exit points and talked openly about what could go wrong. That conversation is in the film because it is the part most people skip.
A near miss, then the waterfall
Like every real adventure, the outcome was unknown. One jumper who joined the group had been out of practice for five years. On opening he aimed at the wall, and only his reaction saved him. He broke his leg on landing. Everyone else walked away.
Then Jamie flew his line through the falling water of a Norwegian waterfall, a flight that only works if you respect how close the rock really is. The landing and the celebration that follow are real relief, not performance.
Why this one matters
Norway is the origin story of how Jamie flies today: with a reason, a margin and a team that tells the truth about risk. That honesty is the point of the whole channel. You do not have to be fearless. You have to keep showing up and keep asking why.
Chapters
00:00 Taking a helicopter to the wingsuit exit points · 00:55 Discussing what could go wrong · 02:45 Getting ready to jump · 03:02 A BASE jumper almost hits the wall · 04:12 Wingsuit BASE jumping through a waterfall · 05:05 Landing and celebrating
This is where I stopped being reckless. No more aerials, no more flips, no more treating it like a stunt. I started asking why I actually wanted to wingsuit. Another jumper on the trip broke his leg on landing after five years out of currency — the video doesn't hide that, and neither should this page.
How does this trip connect to Jamie's mental health?
Jamie describes this trip as the point where his relationship with wingsuit BASE jumping changed — he stopped chasing stunts and started asking why he wanted to do it at all, which he connects to managing PTSD daily rather than chasing risk for its own sake.
Why we make these films
Battling Monsters is the mental health movement Jamie Leibert founded. PTSD is the monster. A wingsuit is how he manages it. Not a recovery story. A daily fight, filmed. Every film on this site is free because the people who need it most are the ones who cannot pay for it.