BASE jumper dies in leap off radio tower

pioneer press ^ | Nov. 19, 2004 | KEVIN HARTER

[MediaMole]

Why would the radio station give him permission to jump off their tower if the conditions were so dangerous?


...oh, that's right, they didn't.

[Licensed-To-Carry]

Poor timing on his part.

[Graybeard58]

The excerpt can be a *little* longer.

Up to 288 words longer in this case.

[Graybeard58]

posting to see my name...

You've been waiting 19 days to do that haven't you?

[LearnsFromMistakes]

unfortunately, he will never get to my screen name...

[speed_addiction]

I did this ONCE, off of a bridge over the Pecos River in Texas. It is at the very limit of the height that it can "safely" be done. I did 77 static line jumps and 36 HALO jumps in the Army, none of them were like this.

[wireman]

BASE jumper dies in leap off radio tower....

Calling Charles Darwin.

[buckeyesrule]

Kinda reminds you of the Homer Simpson line, "I'm invincible, AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"

[Rakkasan1]

Ace of BASE no more

[Radix]

I wonder if he signed his SF 180 before he leaped!

[Dog Gone]

Did you have to excerpt it? The registration process to view an article is irritating.

[Senior Disinterested Observer]

New meaning to 'jumping to a conclusion'.

[Radix]

LOL!

[spinestein]

This illustrates the necessity of doing cost/benefit analysis of important decisions on your life.

In this case,

Possible Cost: It's expensive, it's time consuming, many people will think you are a nut (including your health insurance company), it's often illegal, it's possible to be maimed or (more likely) killed.

Possible Benefit: None

Although this is a close call, I have to think the balance is leaning toward NOT jumping off of very tall objects.

[KoRn]

Pics?

[Fester Chugabrew]

All of which leads one to assume a certain party affiliation on the part(s) of this deceased jumper.

[MarineBrat]

[reagan_fanatic]

[Frank_2001]

I say, never BASE jump period!;)

[Digger]

BLUE STATE