Scott Frankson was base jumping over the Superstition Mountains in Arizona on Sunday when his parachute ripped and caught onto a sharp rock. A BASE jumper somehow managed to survive a 180-feet fall ...

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — BASE jumpers, by nature, just want to be free. Their sport is inherently death-defying, growing at the bleeding edge of high-risk extreme sports, and they tend to be hostile to any ...

The National Park Service on Friday announced the conviction of three people caught BASE jumping in Yosemite. The convictions stem from incidents dating back to 2020, and were announced as a reminder ...

Swarms of squatters, rogue climbers and illicit BASE jumpers have descended on Yosemite National Park as the California site grapples with staffing shortages amid the ongoing government shutdown.

Charles Winstead was scaling the 3,000-foot granite wall of El Capitan in Yosemite Valley this week when an unfamiliar flapping sound erupted overhead and startled him. A small group of BASE jumpers ...

A climber filmed BASE jumpers leaping illegally from Yosemite’s El Capitan during the government shutdown. Charles Winstead said he saw more than eight people jumping over several days. Park staffing ...

Illegal BASE jumping has surged at Yosemite during the 2025 federal shutdown. Reduced park staffing left enforcement thin, enabling daytime cliff leaping. Editorial calls for Congress to end the ...

Weekend adventure: Wingsuit BASE jumping in the Utah desert. July 18, 2010— -- At the top of Notch Peak, a sandstone cliff more than 9,000 feet high in the Utah desert, Mike Swanson wants to get ...