"kontiki" wrote in message
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Flying is not any more unsafe than lots of other activities people engage
in during their 'leisure' time. It's just less forgiving if you are a
moron.

One of my flight students went up to a major jumping get-together up in
West Virginia last week (he is also a parachute jumper). One guy died, and
two others were injured during the "event". I asked him tonight about it
and he seemed fairly matter-of-fact about it.

This was a B.A.S.E. jumping event, was it not?

Personally, I'd want a lot more altitude than one gets just jumping off a
bridge.

Jay Beckman
PP-ASEL
Chandler, AZ