BTC has some base already - Litecoin has the better features over Bitcoin and so does Feathercoin which is still very new and cheap with a good team behind it.
A hesitation before the jump could sabotage the fall. Learning to fly isn't easy because most people forget that it starts with a jump. In fact the jump already happened and we're all already falling but with so many looking for something to hold on to it's easy to forget that everything has changed.