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1. schaef+o6[view] [source] 2026-02-06 19:55:26
>>haramb+(OP)
There are lots of places to legally BASE jump in Europe. You can even take a gondola to the jump point. But very very few legal options in the USA.

I wish there were more places to legally enjoy BASE jumping on US public lands.

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2. mikeli+J6[view] [source] 2026-02-06 19:57:38
>>schaef+o6
They don’t want to deal with the liability lawsuits.
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3. _qua+T7[view] [source] 2026-02-06 20:02:33
>>mikeli+J6
Would there be liability lawsuits for this happening on public land? Might it be more a matter of them not wanting to do body clean up once a week?
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4. etraut+H9[view] [source] 2026-02-06 20:12:26
>>_qua+T7
there aren't that many accidents. It's also more dangerous to jump in ways that attempt to skirt laws (jumping near dark, trying to evade capture, etc)
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5. schaef+jc[view] [source] 2026-02-06 20:28:56
>>etraut+H9
I’m convinced this is how Dean Potter died. Jumping at dusk to try to evade capture my Yosemite rangers.

If it had been legal, and had he jumped in broad daylight, I think he’d have survived that day.

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6. kjs3+U11[view] [source] 2026-02-07 03:05:45
>>schaef+jc
If it had been legal, and had he jumped in broad daylight, I think he’d have survived that day.

Right. It's the Park Service to blame. Right there with the "it's the cops fault I crashed and burned because if driving 140mph was legal I would be fine".

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