{"id":171387,"date":"2023-02-22T19:00:53","date_gmt":"2023-02-22T19:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/?p=171387"},"modified":"2023-02-22T19:00:53","modified_gmt":"2023-02-22T19:00:53","slug":"base-jumper-attempts-to-land-on-rock-tower-in-utah-and-misses-mark","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/world-news\/base-jumper-attempts-to-land-on-rock-tower-in-utah-and-misses-mark\/","title":{"rendered":"Base jumper attempts to land on rock tower in Utah and misses mark"},"content":{"rendered":"
Scary footage captured the moment a base jumper missed his landing spot high atop a rocky Utah outcrop – and plunged towards the ground after falling over the edge of it.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
The clip sees the unidentified daredevil coming in to land on one of the umber-colored rock formations near Moab.<\/p>\n
But it isn’t big enough for the base jumper to slow himself down properly as he comes in to land.<\/p>\n
And moments later, the base jumper can be seen crying out with shock as he overshoots and begins to topple over the edge.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Thankfully, the man’s parachute was working, and he was able to land safely a few moments later.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
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A man soaring through the breathtaking Fisher Towers in Moab, Utah has captured the terrifying moment he misses his landing, plunging off the edge of the rocky formation<\/p>\n
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Magnificent footage of the nail-biting ordeal, leaves viewer’s on tenterhooks as he gracefully glides to atop one of the sandstone capped towers before slipping and falling off the edge<\/p>\n
‘Touch and go baby! Touch and go!’ the man is heard yelling following the near-escape.<\/p>\n
The video uploaded to YouTube on Tuesday has had thousands of views with many commenting on how lucky the base jumper was to not have his chute caught.\u00a0<\/p>\n
‘Imagine a big rock falling on his parachute after he misses the landing,’ said one user.\u00a0<\/p>\n
‘No protective gear? I would at least be wearing knee pads. That would hurt,’ said another.\u00a0<\/p>\n
In an ominous comment one user said: ‘You lucky dog next time you won’t be lucky.’\u00a0<\/p>\n
‘That was not touch and go! That was God saving a person determined to kill themselves for fun!’ said another user.<\/p>\n
‘Touch and go, more like wtf was that, scraping to hold on, wind finally pulled you off like a cat clawing to hold-on…okay whatever dude@least your [sic] alive…’ said one user.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Fisher Towers are a series of towers made of Cutler sandstone capped with Moenkopi sandstone and caked with a stucco of red mud located near Moab, Utah.<\/p>\n
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While grasping at the slippery rock face, the man appears to start breathing heavily, as he comes to terms with the gravity of the situation<\/p>\n
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In a lucky escape, the man is seen continuing to soar through the sky with his parachute whooping loudly as viewers are met with a bird’s eye view of the potential drop<\/p>\n
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Fisher Towers are a series of towers made of Cutler sandstone capped with Moenkopi sandstone and caked with a stucco of red mud located near Moab, Utah<\/p>\n
The Towers are named for a miner who lived near them in the 1880s.\u00a0<\/p>\n
In a caption for the video the man wrote: ‘I was BASE jumping in the Fisher Towers area and attempted to land on top of the tower, but I overshot it.’<\/p>\n
Although this base jumper was able to escape without injury, the same can’t be said of others who have taken the plunge while taking part in the extreme sport.<\/p>\n
\u00a0In March last year,\u00a0a base jumper’s parachute ripped in mid-air, leaving him clinging to the side of a cliff edge for an hour.<\/p>\n
Footage filmed by Johnni DiJulius in Phoenix, Arizona, shows him counting down for BASE jumping before he begins to parachute and loses control, hitting the edge of the cliff.<\/p>\n
His leg bends backwards and he fights to regain his balance, soaring down the cliff in an unstable manner.<\/p>\n
The terrified thrill seeker then says: ‘I’ve shredded my f***ing canopy!’<\/p>\n
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Footage filmed by Johnni DiJulius in Phoenix, Arizona, shows him counting down for the jump before losing control and hitting the edge of the cliff<\/p>\n
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His leg bends backwards and he fights to regain his balance, soaring down the cliff in an unstable manner<\/p>\n
In the footage, he glides in the air smoothly for a while but then careers into another part of the cliff at speed as his parachute fails.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Using his upper body strength, he hangs on tightly to the edge and hoists himself up to recover from the traumatic ordeal.<\/p>\n
DiJulius shared the death-defying incident on Instagram on January 31, with the caption: ‘I was hesitant to show this, but I fortunately walked away with no injuries.’<\/p>\n
In 2020, f<\/font>irst responders in Arizona released incredible footage that shows the moment they rescued a base jumper who became stuck on the side of a mountain.<\/p>\n Scott Frankson was base jumping off Superstition Mountains when his parachute got hooked on a sheer face vertical wall.\u00a0<\/p>\n Frankson was suspended nearly 300 feet in the air, hanging from his parachute on the north side of Siphon Draw, officials from the Arizona Department of Public Safety said.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n First responders in Arizona have released incredible footage that shows the moment they rescued base jumper, Scott Frankson (pictured, before he was rescued), who became stuck on the side of a mountain last week<\/p>\n <\/p>\n According to the Superstition Fire and Medical District, Frankson (circled) was approximately ‘1000ft to the bottom’ of the mountains, which are the largest of the mountain ranges surrounding Phoenix<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Sunday’s incident wasn’t the first time Frankson (pictured in 2015) had a dangerous experience while base jumping in Arizona.\u00a0In 2015, Frankson jumped off a cliff near the Peralta Trail of the Superstition Mountains with some friends when they became tangled\u00a0<\/p>\n In the footage, Frankson, who works as a carpenter, is seen dangling from the parachute while a trooper was being lowered 267 feet down by a helicopter.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n Authorities said the trooper ‘secured the subject with a capture strap and cut him free from his parachute lines.’<\/p>\n According to the Superstition Fire and Medical District, Frankson was approximately ‘1000ft to the bottom’ of the mountains, which are the largest of the mountain ranges surrounding Phoenix.<\/p>\n Despite the dramatic rescue, Frankson and some of his friends went back to the area a few days later to retrieve the parachute.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n ‘Parachute recovery mission,’ Frankson shared on Instagram with several photos and videos showing them gearing up for the retrieval.\u00a0<\/p>\n Frankson shared the post on Wednesday, just days after he was rescued.\u00a0<\/p>\n ‘Thanks again to my climbing friends. I asked them if they wanted to go 300 feet down a wall to retrieve a parachute and they said ‘hell yea’,’ Frankson says in one of the videos.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n The Texan’s parachute immediately got caught in a sudden gust after leaping from the roof<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Emergency services attended the scene where the adrenaline junkie was still conscious<\/p>\n \u00a0In 2018, a<\/font>n American adrenaline junkie crushed both of his legs after his parachute got caught in a sudden wind and skewed his landing.\u00a0<\/p>\n John Michael, from Texas, crushed both of his legs in a botched base jump attempt after the unexpected winds.\u00a0<\/p>\n The jump took place in Bryne, Norway, off one of the highest buildings in the city.<\/p>\n Stavenger Aftenblad\u00a0reported that John Michael was conscious when he was rushed to hospital.<\/p>\n Michael leaped from the Forum Jaeren building after receiving approval from the building manager.\u00a0<\/p>\n Forum Jaeren is a 222 foot high skyscraper in the southwestern city.<\/p>\n The Texan’s parachute immediately got caught in a sudden gust after leaping from the roof of the 20-floor building on the 26th of June.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Kevin Morroun was a skydiving instructor and traveled around the country seeking bigger and better BASE jumps before he died\u00a0<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Friends and family mourned the loss of Morroun, one scrawled this into the side of a local cliff<\/p>\n As a result of his uneasy landing, John crushed both of his legs and was rushed to the hospital 30 km away in Stavenger and is currently recovering at home.<\/p>\n No more base-jumping is allowed on the building after the incident.<\/p>\n Two people died in separate BASE jumping accidents in Utah, in 2014.<\/font><\/p>\n Kevin Morroun, 35, of Moab, was the first fatality. He died in a jump from an area known as ‘the sweet spot’ in Mineral Canyon. The second jumper died in Zion National Park.<\/font><\/p>\n
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