We have legal BASE jumping off the local 480' bridge. Every year, 1 or 2 of them don't make it down in 1 piece. Another one died this afternoon when his chute didn't fully open. He and his wife jumped at the same time so she could watch him feed the fish. Her chute opened correctly. 38 years old, from CA.

It's a very dangerous sport because there is no time to compensate for error. You have 1 shot and it something goes wrong, it's by-by. To the right, just out of sight in this photo, is a flat, open area where they land. The wind usually takes them right in. Usually. I know we're supposed to feel sorry for them when something goes wrong, but they know the risks and life seems to mean little to them. They don't care, let their families deal with it.

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