2 BASE Jumpers Presumed Dead After Jumping From Bixby Bridge in Big Sur

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[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.

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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.

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[Organic Panic]

Play stupid games....

[Red in Blue PA]

Beautiful spot.

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

[centurion316]

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.

[indcons]

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

[Robert A Cook PE]

Car commercial junction.

[nickcarraway]

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.

[Robert A Cook PE]

You don’t need a parachute to BASE jump.
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You only need a parachute if you are going to BASE jump twice.

[BenLurkin]

Yup. Looks dangerous alright.

[Sirius Lee]

[Bigg Red]

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

[nickcarraway]

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

[CodeToad]

Nice! ROFL!

[ncalburt]

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 .

[beethovenfan]

Darwin Award candidate?

[Bigg Red]

Okay, that makes sense.

[higgmeister]

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

[dfwgator]

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

[WhistlingPastTheGraveyard]

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

[tet68]

Life can be hard for an adrenaline junkie.

Not to mention the ground.

[central_va]

Gravity sucks.