Free Republic
Browse · Search
General/Chat
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

2 BASE Jumpers Presumed Dead After Jumping From Bixby Bridge in Big Sur
NBC Bay Area ^ | 1/26

Posted on 01/26/2016 3:44:48 PM PST by nickcarraway

A thrill-seeker who parachuted off a bridge overlooking the Pacific likely drowned, as did the man who jumped in to try to save her, authorities said.

The Monterey County Herald reports Tuesday that authorities first realized the two BASE jumpers were missing on Saturday, although the jump is thought to have occurred days earlier.

SNIP

Monterey County Sheriff's officials said Monday that a video from a helmet camera shows Mary Katherine "Katie" Connell, of Ventura, descending roughly 300 feet and landing on Bixby Creek, which feeds into the Pacific. Shortly after the landing, large waves overtake her.

SNIP

(Excerpt) Read more at nbcbayarea.com ...


TOPICS: Local News; Sports; Travel
KEYWORDS: mentalillness
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-2021-4041-42 next last
To: nickcarraway

Play stupid games....


21 posted on 01/26/2016 4:10:46 PM PST by Organic Panic
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: WhistlingPastTheGraveyard

Beautiful spot.

The last thing which would ever enter my mind is to jump off of that.


22 posted on 01/26/2016 4:13:33 PM PST by Red in Blue PA (war is peace, freedom is slavery, ignorance is strength, obama loves America)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 7 | View Replies]

To: nickcarraway

The parachute phase of the jump worked just fine. Upon encountering the cruel sea, they were not prepared for what followed. So beautiful, so deadly. It always turn out well in Fantasy World, but reality is very different.


23 posted on 01/26/2016 4:15:22 PM PST by centurion316
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: nickcarraway

Bixby bridge base jumping - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MkP4ajqIeN4


24 posted on 01/26/2016 4:30:05 PM PST by indcons (Lurker mode mostly)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: WhistlingPastTheGraveyard

Car commercial junction.


25 posted on 01/26/2016 4:31:28 PM PST by Robert A Cook PE (I can only donate monthly, but socialists' ABBCNNBCBS continue to lie every day!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 7 | View Replies]

To: anton

One I was parked on the side of the road near this bridge and I saw a child playing on some tall rocks above the cliff. Very unsafe. The guardian was nowhere to be seen. I wasn’t very happy about that.


26 posted on 01/26/2016 4:32:21 PM PST by nickcarraway
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 16 | View Replies]

To: al baby; WhistlingPastTheGraveyard

You don’t need a parachute to BASE jump.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.

You only need a parachute if you are going to BASE jump twice.


27 posted on 01/26/2016 4:32:50 PM PST by Robert A Cook PE (I can only donate monthly, but socialists' ABBCNNBCBS continue to lie every day!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 14 | View Replies]

To: indcons

Yup. Looks dangerous alright.


28 posted on 01/26/2016 4:49:39 PM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 24 | View Replies]

To: nickcarraway

29 posted on 01/26/2016 4:52:00 PM PST by Sirius Lee (Cruz or Lose 2016)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: nickcarraway

Am I just missing something here? If the woman is missing how do they know what her helmet cam recorded?


30 posted on 01/26/2016 4:56:45 PM PST by Bigg Red (Keep calm and Pray on.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Bigg Red

I was wondering that. It could be the man’s camera was found since they took it off.


31 posted on 01/26/2016 4:57:50 PM PST by nickcarraway
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 30 | View Replies]

To: The Iceman Cometh

Nice! ROFL!


32 posted on 01/26/2016 5:02:37 PM PST by CodeToad (Islam should be banned and treated as a criminal enterprise!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 4 | View Replies]

To: Jolla
Oh, your story sent a chill up my spine.
What an awful shock .
Glad all is okay.
I grew up along the Gulf of Mexico had a few rogue wave stories but the Dark Pacific Ocean always made me very Leary .
33 posted on 01/26/2016 5:22:54 PM PST by ncalburt ( Amnesty-media out in full force t)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 8 | View Replies]

To: nickcarraway

Darwin Award candidate?


34 posted on 01/26/2016 5:35:45 PM PST by beethovenfan (Islam is a cancer on civilization.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: nickcarraway

Okay, that makes sense.


35 posted on 01/26/2016 7:14:28 PM PST by Bigg Red (Keep calm and Pray on.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 31 | View Replies]

To: nickcarraway

I cannot believe that I am the first to ask if either had progeny.


36 posted on 01/26/2016 7:21:32 PM PST by higgmeister ( In the Shadow of The Big Chicken! Trump 2016!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: nickcarraway

“A man’s got to know his limitations.”


37 posted on 01/26/2016 7:22:14 PM PST by dfwgator
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Robert A. Cook, PE

That it most definitely is. I actually lived right above it for a time. The view almost made living among the Esalen freaks tolerable.


38 posted on 01/27/2016 5:39:14 AM PST by WhistlingPastTheGraveyard (The greatest trick the Soviets ever pulled was convincing the world they didn't exist.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 25 | View Replies]

To: gorush

Life can be hard for an adrenaline junkie.

Not to mention the ground.


39 posted on 01/27/2016 5:40:54 AM PST by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 5 | View Replies]

To: tet68

Gravity sucks.


40 posted on 01/27/2016 5:42:19 AM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 39 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-2021-4041-42 next last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
General/Chat
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson