Third BASE jumper found dead in Zion National Park

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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. He or she probably died doing what they love.

[Hassin Bin Sober]

10. Getting their brains splattered across a rock right after screaming "fuuuuuuuuuuck"?

[bitchkitty]

12. LOL! n/t

[AngryAmish]

16. just like Elvis...

[Pterodactyl]

2. And that's why it's illegal, folks.

[cosmicone]

3. Suicide with gear .... n/t

[Earth_First]

4. Dangerous. Illegal. Selfish.

Now a SAR extraction team needs to risk their personal safety to remove this thrill seeker from their mortal demise.

[Thor_MN]

6. Meh, leave them. Cougars gotta eat too. NT

[Shrike47]

7. I can only agree.

[Chakab]

8. They should leave the bodies there like they do with dead climbers on Everest.

[FSogol]

15. In the US, they charge climbers the cost of their rescue. Bet the base jumper's family gets

a bill for his recovery.

[snort]

5. Splat!

[Ptah]

9. Just a reminder, Roadrunner and Wile E. Coyote are cartoons.

[ChairmanAgnostic]

13. and here I thought lemmings were a Disney creation.

Chuck Darwin would be proud.

[roody]

11. Risking your life for fun is a luxury of

well fed people.

[workinclasszero]

14. Yup. "first world problem"

Darwin award winners jump off mountains, buildings and bridges for kicks.

[closeupready]

17. +1. One would think with all that money and time, they'd volunteer

to teach English, or work on clean water projects, fund raise, whatever.

But no.

[cyberswede]

18. That's too bad.

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]

19. Be fair, now. Obviously, most of us feel bad for his loved ones.

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]

20. I didn't mean to imply people don't feel bad for his loved ones.

Sorry if it came across that way.

[closeupready]

21. NP. Peace.