Third BASE jumper found dead in Zion National Park
Source: USA Today
MOAB, Utah (AP) A BASE jumper has died in Utah's Zion National Park, officials said Monday, marking the third death by adventurers attempting to parachute from state cliffs this year.
Authorities haven't identified the victim, and the body hasn't yet been recovered from the remote location where it was spotted by helicopter Sunday.
BASE jumpers leap with parachutes from great heights, including skyscrapers, bridges and rock formations BASE being an acronym of the different platforms, "building, antenna, span and earth."
The activity is illegal in national parks across the U.S., spokesman Jeff Olson said.
Read more: http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/03/24/base-jumper-dead-zion-national-park/6840813/
fbc
(1,668 posts)Hassin Bin Sober
(26,330 posts)bitchkitty
(7,349 posts)AngryAmish
(25,704 posts)Pterodactyl
(1,687 posts)cosmicone
(11,014 posts)Earth_First
(14,910 posts)Now a SAR extraction team needs to risk their personal safety to remove this thrill seeker from their mortal demise.
Thor_MN
(11,843 posts)Shrike47
(6,913 posts)Chakab
(1,727 posts)FSogol
(45,488 posts)a bill for his recovery.
Ptah
(33,030 posts)ChairmanAgnostic
(28,017 posts)Chuck Darwin would be proud.
roody
(10,849 posts)well fed people.
workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)Darwin award winners jump off mountains, buildings and bridges for kicks.
closeupready
(29,503 posts)to teach English, or work on clean water projects, fund raise, whatever.
But no.
cyberswede
(26,117 posts)Some of the replies in this thread are surprising. A human being died, for pete's sake. I feel bad for his loved ones.
closeupready
(29,503 posts)But he broke a law which was intended to stop the very behavior in which he was engaging.
Not much different than if he had been drinking and driving, and drove the car off a cliff.
Or was biking on a highway without a helmet.
cyberswede
(26,117 posts)Sorry if it came across that way.