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Patrick Dougherty

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Juraj Sagan celebrates his team’s third straight world championship victory after the finish of the Elite Men’s road race.
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Scandinavia's Best Cycling Party

On average, the town of Bergen, Norway, gets 242 days of rain a year—not ideal for the host of one of Europe's biggest cycling races. But when you consider the mountainous coastal roads, the Bergenseres' passion for cycling, and their outspoken, often brash local patriotism, it starts to seem like the perfect location to hop on a bike and ride.

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I made my first trip to Norway this spring to document the quieter side of BASE jumping. So much of the imagery I had seen was this wide angle, GoPro-style photography, usually accompanied by a Red Bull logo and a speed-metal soundtrack. I wanted to capture the intimate side of the sport, following the athletes as they packed their chutes and embarked on hours-long hikes to exit points. I set out to find not only BASE jumpers, but outdoorsmen. The search led me to Tom Erik Heimen, a 41-year-old BASE jumper and skier who has become an unofficial guide to his local peaks on the coast of Norway. Heimen invited me to join him on a trip to Isfjorden, a small town on the central west coast of Norway in the Romsdal Valley. Isfjorden, home to the Troll Wall—the tallest vertical rock face in Europe—is an under-the-radar adventure mecca. While local officials banned jumps from the Troll Wall after a spate of fatalities there in the ‘80s, there are many other legal jumping sites in the area and Heimen has spent years developing new ones. This is a look at what goes into one of Heimen’s jumps and at those who join him.
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Meet the Mayor of Norway’s Secret BASE Jumping Hangout

I made my first trip to Norway this spring to document the quieter side of BASE jumping. So much of the imagery I had seen was this wide angle, GoPro-style photography, usually accompanied by a Red Bull logo and a speed-metal soundtrack.

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