BASE jumper dies in jump at Grand Canyon

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, and his body was found around 500 feet below the South Rim along with a deployed parachute, park officials
BASE jumper dies in jump at Grand Canyon

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, and his body was found around 500 feet below the South Rim along with a deployed parachute, park officials said.

BASE is an acronym for building, antennae, span and earth, which are the features that people parachute from.

It is not allowed anywhere in Grand Canyon National Park.

The man’s body was found Thursday and rangers reached it and recovered it Friday, the National Park Service said in a statement.

He was not named pending positive identification, the park said, and the National Park Service and the Coconino County Medical Examiner’s Office are investigating. 

Yavapai Point overlooks the South Rim of the Grand Canyon, and it’s around a vertical mile from the rim down to the river there.

BASE jumpers are sometimes killed in accidents while engaging in the risky activity.

In 2015 a pair of rock climbers, Dean Potter and Graham Hunt were killed after he did a BASE jump at a different national park, Yosemite in California.

Also in California, a BASE jumper died in 2022 attempting a jump from the 23-story Palisade UTC building in San Diego.

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