FROM NEW YORK POST: A BASE jumper was rescued in a dramatic video shared on social media in the canyons near Moab, Utah, earlier this week.
The video, taken by Ashley Corbin, shows the heart-racing moment Wednesday when rescuers intercepted the BASE jumper who had a rainbow parachute stuck on the canyon face at Kane Creek.
Grand County Emergency Services shared in a post that officers were called around 1 p.m. that afternoon, and it wasn’t until 3:15 p.m. that the officers first could reach the BASE jumper, whose identity is unknown at this time.
The Grand County Sheriff’s Department wrote in a Facebook post that “the BASE jumper was successfully rescued,” was provided “advanced treatment for moderate injuries.”
According to Moab BASE Access, Utah Chapter, a 501(c)3 organization, “BASE jumping on lands managed by the Bureau of Land Management that surround Moab is legal.”
“BASE jumping is all fun and games until you are smashed up on the talus and need rescue and surgery,” they added.
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