Rescuer describes 4-hour efforts to save BASE jumper dangling from cliff

By Pat Reavy, Deseret News

Published: Tuesday, Oct. 2 2012 5:55 p.m. MDT

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Monday night's rescue of a BASE jumper dangling on a sheer cliff wall 200 feet above the ground — being held only by his harness and the fabric of his parachute caught on a rock the size of a basketball — was one Kevin Dickerson will never forget.

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one old man

Ogden, UT

This is a perfect example of a time when someone who needs to be rescued should be billed for the cost of the rescue.

This was the result of deliberately dangerous behavior. It was not a simple accident.

10:05 a.m. Oct. 2, 2012
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I M LDS 2

Provo, UT

Life is dangerous. In the pursuit of "life, liberty, and happiness", accidents happen. Is someone trying to suggest that this base-jumper DELIBERATELY got himself in this precarious, life-threatening position? a suicide attempt? or, maybe, More..

6:23 p.m. Oct. 2, 2012
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patriot

Cedar Hills, UT

glad he is safe but I agree he should be billed for the rescue costs. Base jumping is crossing the line into the extreme ... and stupid.

5:14 p.m. Oct. 3, 2012
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Pat Reavy

Pat is a veteran police and courts reporter for the Deseret News and KSL and has covered some of the biggest stories in Utah for the past two decades. He is a graduate of Michigan State University with a BA in journalism.

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