Man killed trying to BASE jump from Grand Canyon

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https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-08-05/man-killed-attempting-illegal-base-jump-from-grand-canyon

Man killed trying to BASE jump from Grand Canyon



Officials respond at Yavapai Point on Friday after a man attempted to BASE jump from the South Rim of the Grand Canyon. (K. Kasper / National Park Service)

By Salvador Hernandez
Staff Writer
Aug. 5, 2024 10:43 AM PT

A man was fatally injured at the Grand Canyon after park officials said he attempted to parachute down from the South Rim of the national park.

Park rangers were contacted about a visitor attempting to BASE jump about 7:30 a.m. Thursday, park officials said in a statement. When park rangers arrived, they found the man dead, about 500 feet below the rim with a deployed parachute.

BASE jumping is a sport where participants with parachutes jump off fixed objects. The term BASE is an acronym for locations participants jump off of, such as buildings, antennas, spans and earthly peaks.

The sport is prohibited throughout the national park.

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[twodogsbarking]

1. We can only do so much to protect people from themselves.

[3Hotdogs]

2. If they give him a summons,

he won't try that again.