Video shows the jumper leap off the cliff and slam into the rocks.
Baron Edwards, 12, captured the dramatic fall on video. He was hiking in the area with his dad when they noticed a group of BASE jumpers in Kane Creek Canyon.
The video shows a BASE jumper leaping from the top of the cliff with a red parachute before slamming into the face of a cliff reportedly known as the Tombstone. The jumper’s parachute got caught in the crags of the cliff, halting the descent and trapping the jumper until help arrived.Baron shared another video showing a successful BASE jump, with the jumper gliding smoothly down to the ground.
BASE is an acronym that stands for the type of objects participants jump from: buildings, antennae, spans and Earth, meaning natural cliffs like those found in Utah.Most Read
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