I just finished watching a History Channel special
about BASE Jumping at the Perrine. Tom's camp is now known on National Television, and
"Death Camp". Good fucking tag-line to blast to masses.
Not to mention, it sounds pretty fucking stupid to tell the media that you make your students write a letter to your family that you died on the jump you are about to make.
Right, wrong, or indifferent, this is not the sort-of publicity you should give to the media. You are throwing jet fuel on a fire by doing that. You sure the fuck are not helping the sport. NOBODY that tries to glorify sensationalism to the media is helping the sport, only their ego for a brief time.