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Gil Member
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Sat Sep 05, 2020 5:15 pm
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Friends help the miles go easier.
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Tom Admin
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Sat Sep 05, 2020 5:17 pm
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RumiDude Marmota olympus
Joined: 26 Jul 2009 Posts: 3579 | TRs | Pics Location: Port Angeles |
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Sat Sep 05, 2020 6:33 pm
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Sad! I had no idea Baring was a base jumping site, let alone destination.
RIP.
Rumi
"This is my Indian summer ... I'm far more dangerous now, because I don't care at all."
"This is my Indian summer ... I'm far more dangerous now, because I don't care at all."
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RichP Member
Joined: 13 Jul 2006 Posts: 5628 | TRs | Pics Location: here |
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Sat Sep 05, 2020 7:04 pm
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Baring has a huge almost vertical wall. It's a pretty popular spot for this activity. I got to see a guy land in Barclay Lake once while on a hike there. He casually got out of the water and went on his way.
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Malachai Constant Member
Joined: 13 Jan 2002 Posts: 16088 | TRs | Pics Location: Back Again Like A Bad Penny |
North wall of Baring was one of Beckeys big things back in the day. Massive overhang makes it an inviting base, but things go wrong. RIP
"You do not laugh when you look at the mountains, or when you look at the sea." Lafcadio Hearn
"You do not laugh when you look at the mountains, or when you look at the sea." Lafcadio Hearn
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RichP Member
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Sat Sep 05, 2020 7:44 pm
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Malachai Constant wrote: | North wall of Baring was one of Beckeys big things back in the day. |
And the site of his partner's (Richard Berge) death in 1952 while exploring a route up the north face. Mt Berge bears his name in memorial. Berge was also 23. RIP to both young men.
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Schenk Off Leash Man
Joined: 16 Apr 2012 Posts: 2372 | TRs | Pics Location: Traveling, with the bear, to the other side of the Mountain |
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Mon Sep 07, 2020 7:37 am
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Bummer, RIP BASE Jumper
Nature exists with a stark indifference to humans' situation.
Nature exists with a stark indifference to humans' situation.
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pula58 Member
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Thu Sep 10, 2020 12:38 pm
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I was with some friends a number of years ago, descending from Mt. Baring. We met three guys on their way up with big heavy packs. We asked them if they were training for Mt. Rainier or something, and they said that, no, they were going to the summit to base jump off of it.
The next morning I read in the Seattle Times that a base jumper in a party of three had died. Apparently he had hit a ledge on Mt Baring's North face on the way down.
So, sadly, it looks like history has repeated itself.
RIP to the fallen person and condolences to his friends and family.
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zimmertr TJ Zimmerman
Joined: 24 Jun 2018 Posts: 1214 | TRs | Pics Location: Issaquah |
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Thu Sep 10, 2020 12:51 pm
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This might be the location? There is an obvious ledge on the initial descent.
RIP
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pula58 Member
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Thu Sep 10, 2020 2:12 pm
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The above video does look like Mt. Baring
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pcg Member
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Thu Sep 10, 2020 3:13 pm
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Years ago I was bc skiing and happened upon the guy in the video (Mathieu Girard) moments before he skied off of Mississippi Head (Mt. Hood) then opened a parachute. In that instance a helicopter showed up to film his ego trip. To each his own. Very sorry to hear that someone else has lost their life while participating in what is obviously an exhilarating, but dangerous activity.
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MangyMarmot Member
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The video is from Baring. They say so at the end of the video.
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