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BASE Jumper Dies at Grand Canyon
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| August 4, 2024
| Bob Cronin
Posted on 08/05/2024 7:56:36 AM PDT by Red Badger
Rescue crew members at Yavapai Point on Friday (K. Kasper/National Park Service)
A man was killed trying to parachute into the Grand Canyon, park officials report. Crews found his body and a deployed parachute around 500 feet below the South Rim in Grand Canyon National Park, NBC News reports. A National Park Service statement said the man attempted an illegal BASE jump about 7:30am Thursday from Yavapai Point. Crews reached the body Friday. His name was not released pending positive identification. The acronym stands for building, antennae, span, and earth—the features that people parachute from. The jumps are prohibited throughout the park, and the Park Service and the medical examiner's office are investigating.
The day before, a North Carolina college student fell 400 feet to his death near a scenic viewpoint on the Grand Canyon's South Rim, per CBS News. Park officials said the body of Abel Joseph Mejia, 20, was found near the Pipe Creek Vista on Wednesday morning. A spokesperson for the park said 10 to 15 people per year die in Grand Canyon National Park.
TOPICS: Military/Veterans; Outdoors; Sports; Travel
KEYWORDS: basejumper; death; grandcanyon
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To: Red Badger
Hold on a minute. Were there any Kennedy’s around? They’ve been known to move bodies around and dumping them. Just sayin’...... 😳
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posted on
08/05/2024 8:08:23 AM PDT
by
rktman
(Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this💩? 🚫💉! 🇮🇱👍!)
To: Red Badger
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posted on
08/05/2024 8:08:57 AM PDT
by
Georgia Girl 2
(The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
To: Red Badger
Wife and I sat on the edge, young and stupid we were...my beer bottle slid off and it was several seconds before I heard it hit bottom. We crawled off that edge rather quickly.
Stupid and foolish.
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posted on
08/05/2024 8:10:09 AM PDT
by
The Louiswu
(Pray for Peace in the world.)
To: Red Badger
Enjoy your prize...
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posted on
08/05/2024 8:10:15 AM PDT
by
jerod
(Nazis were essentially Socialist in Hugo Boss uniforms... Get over it!)
To: Red Badger
500 feet tall isn’t that high at all for a parachute deployment. You would pretty much need to have it deploy immediately.
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posted on
08/05/2024 8:11:04 AM PDT
by
Secret Agent Man
(Gone Galt; not averse to Going Bronson.)
To: Vermont Lt
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posted on
08/05/2024 8:11:04 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
To: Red Badger
Remember when Evil Knievel tried to fly a rocket across Snake River Canyon in Idaho?
It was on Sept 8, 1974.
His chute opened prematurely, and he floated down into the canyon.
I was 10 years old at the time.
To: BlueStateRightist
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posted on
08/05/2024 8:12:30 AM PDT
by
politicianslie
(SAFE and EFFECTIVE has become SUDDEN and UNEXPECTED. Use Dr. McCullough protocol to beat death! )
To: GaltAdonis
Yes, I was in the Marines at the time, in Denver.............
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posted on
08/05/2024 8:13:33 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
To: Red Badger
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posted on
08/05/2024 8:14:10 AM PDT
by
Darksheare
(Those who support liberal "Republicans" summarily support every action by same. )
To: GaltAdonis
Me too. I was disappointed that he failed.
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posted on
08/05/2024 8:14:28 AM PDT
by
38special
(The government is ruining our country!)
To: Secret Agent Man
....found his body and a deployed parachute around 500 feet below.....
Parachute deployed..............at 499 feet...............
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posted on
08/05/2024 8:14:29 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
To: Darksheare
The fall didn’t kill him.
The sudden stop at the bottom did....................
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posted on
08/05/2024 8:16:02 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
To: dfwgator
Death row, what a brotha know.
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posted on
08/05/2024 8:16:26 AM PDT
by
31R1O
(The people who can control themselves ought to be able to defend themselves from those who can't.)
To: Red Badger
Sudden deceleration syndrome
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posted on
08/05/2024 8:17:00 AM PDT
by
Darksheare
(Those who support liberal "Republicans" summarily support every action by same. )
To: Red Badger
Darn fool kid. May he rest in peace.
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posted on
08/05/2024 8:20:12 AM PDT
by
fidelis
(Ecce Crucem Domini! Fugite partes adversae! Vicit Leo de tribu Juda, Radix David! Alleluia!)
To: Red Badger
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posted on
08/05/2024 8:20:16 AM PDT
by
PGR88
To: BlueStateRightist
To: Red Badger
Cocaine Adrenaline is a helluva drug.
To: bakeneko
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