Jan davis base jump video De**aths renew calls for national parks to rescind BASE jumping bans Squirrel suited flyers say the bans actually contribute to deadly accidents.
The jumpers were protesting that law, which was unjustified, they said, and had contributed to the recent de**ath of Frank Gambalie, who drowned fleeing rangers after a jump.
Media, park officials, supporters and tourists gathered in a meadow to watch. “Jump to freedom!” someone hollered, while another howled, “Down with the Park Service!
Two high-profile deaths in Yosemite this May, however, provoked new calls from jumpers to end a ban that they consider discriminatory and an indirect cause of fatalities.
This is public land, these users are not impacting the resource, and they have every right to be there,” says Steph Davis, a Moab-based professional rock climber and BASE jumper.
Deaths renew calls for national parks to rescind BASE jumping bans Squirrel suited flyers say the bans actually contribute to de*adly accidents. Cally Carswell July 20, 2015 Dean Potter BASE jumping in Yosemite National Park in 2007.
Drew Kelly In October 1999, five people climbed El Capitan in Yosemite National Park to commit an act of civil disobedience. parachuting off the 3,000-foot-high granite cliff.
They knew that park officials would dole out notices to appear in court afterward, fine them $2,000, and confiscate their gear, because BASE jumping, or parachuting from stationary objects, is illegal in national parks.
A 1965 law that predates the sport forbids “aerial delivery” of people or goods into parks.The jumpers were protesting that law, which was unjustified, they said, and had contributed to the recent d**eath of Frank Gambalie, who drowned fleeing rangers after a jump.
Media, park officials, supporters and tourists gathered in a meadow to watch. “Jump to freedom!” someone hollered, while another howled, “Down with the Park Service!”Jan Davis jumped fourth.
She wore a black-and-white-striped jumpsuit, and anticipating confiscation, a borrowed parachute on her back. Ten seconds in, when her parachute still hadn’t released, a man filming from El Capitan tensed up. “Pull, woman,” he begged.
Dude, she’s got problems, man,” he said after a few more seconds passed. Then, he gasped: “Oh, my God.” Davis hit the base of the cliff, dying on impact.
