Base jumper dies in Utah after wingsuit fails in remote mountainous region
A Base jumper parachutes through a Utah canyon in 2011. Photograph: Josh Schutz/Getty Images/iStockphotoView image in fullscreenA Base jumper parachutes through a Utah canyon in 2011. Those crews declared the man dead on the scene.“On today’s jump, something went wrong, and he did not have enough lift with his wingsuit,” Doyle Peck, a Cache county chief sheriff’s deputy, was reported to have said.
- ▪A Base jumper parachutes through a Utah canyon in 2011.
- ▪Photograph: Josh Schutz/Getty Images/iStockphotoView image in fullscreenA Base jumper parachutes through a Utah canyon in 2011.
- ▪Those crews declared the man dead on the scene.“On today’s jump, something went wrong, and he did not have enough lift with his wingsuit,” Doyle Peck, a Cache county chief sheriff’s deputy, was reported to have said.
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A Base jumper parachutes through a Utah canyon in 2011. Photograph: Josh Schutz/Getty Images/iStockphotoView image in fullscreenA Base jumper parachutes through a Utah canyon in 2011. Photograph: Josh Schutz/Getty Images/iStockphotoUtahBase jumper dies in Utah after wingsuit fails in remote mountainous regionIdentity of man, 27, being withheld pending family notification after 700ft plungeVictoria BekiempisMon 28 Sep 2026 09.28 EDTLast modified on Mon 28 Sep 2026 13.51 EDTSharePrefer the Guardian on GoogleA Base jumper died on Sunday in Utah after his wingsuit failed while he plunged from a 700ft height, according to authorities.Local news reports cited the Cache county sheriff’s office, which said that the man fell to his death at age 27 in a mountainous region of Hyrum, which is east…
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