https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from France in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed A 33-year-old Australian was killed on Sunday after leaping off a 2,600 metre high peak in the Alps. A French base jumper also died in a similar incident the same day. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140818/austrailian-base-jumper Mon, 18 Aug 2014 10:29:00 +0200 austrailian-base-jumper Base jumping is usually a thrill associated with the Alps, where some local authorities banned it over the deadly dangers involved. However like many cities around the world Paris, daredevils are taking the sport to the cities highest skyscrapers and monuments including the Eiffel Tower. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140429/base-jumpers-take-to-paris Tue, 29 Apr 2014 10:39:00 +0200 base-jumpers-take-to-paris