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Carl Ronald Boenish (/ ˈ b eɪ n ɪ ʃ / BAY-nish; [2] April 3, 1941 – July 7, 1984), considered the father of modern BASE jumping, [3] was an American freefall cinematographer, who in 1978 filmed the first jumps from El Capitan using ram-air parachutes.
Ammon McNeely (June 3, 1970 – February 18, 2023) was an American rock climber who specialized in big wall climbing and aid climbing, and who set many speed climbing records and made the first "one-day ascent" for many climbing routes on El Capitan in Yosemite. His other interests included BASE jumping and wingsuiting.
Prolific climber, adventurer, and BASE jumper, was killed in a BASE jumping accident near Zion National Park, Utah. [ 63 ] [ 64 ] Leary climbed Yosemite's El Capitan more than 50 times and had set numerous climbing records on that mountain, including setting speed records for climbing the Salathé Wall , with Alex Honnold ; and The Nose .
Pelkey made his second BASE jump at the 2005 Bridge Day event from the New River Gorge Bridge. He and Schubert planned to jump together at the 2006 event, a few months after the 40th anniversary of their first El Capitan jump. Schubert died jumping at that event, just minutes before Pelkey was scheduled to jump. [4] [5] [6]
A view of El Capitan from El Capitan Meadow on July 12. A climbing instructor fell to his death on the rock face, according to a report. (Marc Martin/Los Angeles Times)
The first permitted BASE jump was performed on August 4, 1980, by Dean Westgaard of Laguna Beach. [47] These legal jumps resulted in no major injuries or fatalities. After a trial lasting only ten weeks, the National Park Service ceased issuing permits and effectively shut down all BASE jumping on El Capitan. [48]
Carl Boenish was an important catalyst behind modern BASE jumping and in 1978 he filmed jumps from El Capitan made using ram-air parachutes and the freefall tracking technique. [9] While BASE jumps had been made prior to that time, the El Capitan activity was the effective birth of what is now called BASE jumping.
Tom Cruise is bringing more death-defying stunts than ever before to Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One.In a new behind-the-scenes clip from the upcoming action flick, Cruise and ...