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Article: Parachutist dies in jump off El Capitan [ ] Protesting ban: Group
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- Courier-News (Elgin, IL)
- Article date:
- October 23, 1999
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Parachutist dies in jump off El Capitan [ ] Protesting ban: Group hoped to demonstrate safety of extreme sport zB1 By Kiley Russell THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. -- A 60-year-old veteran parachutist plunged to her death when her chute failed to open while jumping off the top of 3,200-foot El Capitan on Friday to protest park rules banning the extreme sport.
Jan Davis was one of five jumpers who planned to leap off the sheer granite cliff, a protest organized in response to the June 9 death of a jumper who successfully parachuted off El Capitan only to drown in the river below while trying to flee park rangers.
"She was the fourth jumper, the first three were ...