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BASE jumper dies in Grand Canyon National Park
Written by or for St. George News
August 2, 2024
First responders at Yavapai Point in Grand Canyon National Park,
Arizona, Aug. 2, 2024 | Photo courtesy of National Park
Service/K.Kasper, St. George News
GRAND CANYON, Ariz. — Another man visiting Grand Canyon National Park
died after jumping from a cliff with a parachute.
File photo showing an area near the proposed Grand Canyon National
Monument, South Rim, Grand Canyon, Arizona, July 17, 2023 | Photo by
Stephanie DeGraw, St. George News
National Park Service staff said in a press release that on Thursday, at approximately 7:30 a.m., the Grand Canyon Regional Communications Center received a report of a visitor who had attempted a BASE jump from
Yavapai Point on the South Rim of Grand Canyon National Park.
BASE is an acronym for building, antenna, span (such as a bridge) and
earth (such as a cliff) or platforms from which parachute jumpers leap.
According to the press release, park rangers responded and located the
body of a deceased male approximately 500 feet below the rim, along with
a deployed parachute.
“Recovery teams were able to reach the victim this morning,” the
National Park Service press release stated. “The body was transported to
the rim by helicopter and subsequently transferred to the Coconino
County Medical Examiner’s Office.”
The National Park Service and the Coconino County Medical Examiner’s
Office are conducting an investigation into the incident. Park staff
said the name of the man is being withheld pending positive
identification. No further information is being released at this time.
First responders at Yavapai Point in Grand Canyon National Park,
Arizona, Aug. 2, 2024 | Photo courtesy of National Park
Service/K.Kasper, St. George News
Park officials said that BASE jumping, a high-risk activity involving parachuting from fixed objects, is illegal in all areas of Grand Canyon National Park.
The National Park Service also identified the man who died after falling
from an overlook on Wednesday. Park officials said on July 31,
responding rangers located and recovered the body of Abel Joseph Mejia,
20, of Hickory, North Carolina, approximately 400 feet below the rim.
The media release reminded all visitors to keep a safe distance of at
least six feet (2 meters) from the edge of the rim and staying behind
railings and fences at overlooks.
According to the park service website, Grand Canyon National Park, in
northern Arizona, encompasses 278 miles of the Colorado River and
adjacent uplands.
Located on the ancestral homeland of 11 Native American tribes, “Grand
Canyon is one of the most spectacular examples of erosion anywhere in
the world.”
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