Newlywed BASE jumper Amber Bellows leaps to death in Zion
- 9 years ago
BASE jumper Amber Bellows plunged to her death in Utah's Zion National Park on Saturday while her husband, Clayton Butler, leapt after her in a vain attempt to rescue his new wife.
Bellows, 28, and Butler, 29, had married just two weeks before the deadly accident. Both were accomplished skydivers and BASE jumpers.
They climbed Mount Kinesava, a 7,276-foot peak in the park, at around 4 p.m. Bellows jumped first and at about 2,000 feet above the ground, her parachute malfunctioned.
According to reports, Butler recognized that Bellows had been experiencing a parachute failure and he launched himself off the mountain in an attempt to help her. Butler landed a distance south of Bellows, however, and he couldn't find her.
The couple was deep into the park and it took Butler more than two hours to get to help. Rangers, wanting to avoid unnecessary risk to rescue workers, held off a search mission until the following morning. A helicopter crew found the woman's body at around 10 a.m. on Sunday.
Park officials said Bellows was the first person to die from a BASE jumping accident in the park. The dangerous activity is illegal within park boundaries. The death is being investigated, according to authorities.
The couple came from Salt Lake City and Bellows was an aspiring professional BASE jumper, according to promoter, Josh Lloyd.
BASE is an acronym for 'building', 'antenna', 'span' and 'earth', the four fixed platforms from which participants in the sport can jump.
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Bellows, 28, and Butler, 29, had married just two weeks before the deadly accident. Both were accomplished skydivers and BASE jumpers.
They climbed Mount Kinesava, a 7,276-foot peak in the park, at around 4 p.m. Bellows jumped first and at about 2,000 feet above the ground, her parachute malfunctioned.
According to reports, Butler recognized that Bellows had been experiencing a parachute failure and he launched himself off the mountain in an attempt to help her. Butler landed a distance south of Bellows, however, and he couldn't find her.
The couple was deep into the park and it took Butler more than two hours to get to help. Rangers, wanting to avoid unnecessary risk to rescue workers, held off a search mission until the following morning. A helicopter crew found the woman's body at around 10 a.m. on Sunday.
Park officials said Bellows was the first person to die from a BASE jumping accident in the park. The dangerous activity is illegal within park boundaries. The death is being investigated, according to authorities.
The couple came from Salt Lake City and Bellows was an aspiring professional BASE jumper, according to promoter, Josh Lloyd.
BASE is an acronym for 'building', 'antenna', 'span' and 'earth', the four fixed platforms from which participants in the sport can jump.
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