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On October 23, 1999, BASE jumper and stuntwoman Jan Davis died while making an illegal protest jump from El Capitan intended to demonstrate the safety of BASE jumping at Yosemite National Park, after a ban on BASE jumping in the area regarding safety.
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On October 23, 1999, BASE jumper Jan Davis made a protest jump off El Capitan in Yosemite National Park to lift Yosemite's BASE jumping ban. She died in the process. The ban remains intact.
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A 73 year old base jumper died after intentionally setting his parachute on fire
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In BASE JUMPING ,BASE is an acronym for the four locations favoured by BASE jumpers - buildings, antennae, spans (bridges) and earth (cliffs).
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BASE Jumpers are awarded a "BASE Number" once they have completed a jump from each of the four categories of fixed objects which make up the acronym BASE: Buildings, Antennas, Spans, and Earth (cliffs). From 1981 to 2014, over 1,700 BASE numbers have been issued.
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In 1999 rangers at Yosemite National Park, where BASE-jumping is banned, chased a jumper who then drowned in a river while fleeing. At a subsequent 'protest jump' to prove its safety, the jumper fell to their death.
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2017 movie Base starred two real-life base jumpers. One of them, Alexander Polli, died base jumping a year before the film was released.
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The base-jumping scene in Transformers 3 wasn't done with special effects, but actually filmed with base jumpers in downtown Chicago
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The US Park Service prosecutes BASE jumpers with a law banning aerial package delivery. Jumpers deliver themselves each time.
