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The professional BASE jumping instructor had completed thousands of jumps during 20 years of skydiving experience and 14 years of BASE jumping experience. [148] Several years before his death, he narrowly avoided a serious accident while wingsuiting when he accidentally jumped without a pilot chute. [149] 2 June 2022 Matthew Glen Munting 35 Italy
A man died after trying to parachute off the South Rim of the Grand Canyon on Thursday, officials said. The man tried a BASE jump around 7:30 a.m. from Yavapai Point in Grand Canyon National Park ...
On September 28, 2015, Strange called in to "Kevin & Bean" on KROQ from Switzerland to say he was shooting a dangerous video where "we fly super close to stuff." [ 13 ] Three days later, Strange fell to his death in a wingsuit accident after jumping from Gitschen near Lake Lucerne . [ 14 ]
In 2014, Lewis was fined for making illegal BASE jumps in Arches National Park. [4] Following his removal of the Utah Monolith, Lewis faced criticism for a 2016 stunt that involved decorating rock formations near Moab with Christmas lights. [5]
Skydiving accidents are rare. The United States Parachute Association reported 10 fatalities during skydives in 2023, out of 3.65 million jumps recorded throughout the year.
A Missouri family has been awarded $310 million in damages after their 14-year-old son was killed riding a freefall amusement park ride in Florida in 2022.
Jokke Sommer (born 6 June 1986, in Oslo) is a Norwegian professional skydiver and BASE jumper. He claims to be afraid of heights, as recounted in an interview he did with Red Bull before wingsuiting from Norway's Troll wall.
Nov. 8—River rescue crews resumed the search for a man witnesses say crashed his car on the Hulton Bridge on Tuesday evening and then jumped into the river. The man is believed to be 42 years ...