With the exception of a single oncoming truck, there are no other human beings or motorists in sight at the time of the jump too, which I found to be pretty awesome.
Austin Carey was the BASE jumper who was lost for over a week after performing a jump with his friend. His body was eventually recovered. His friends commemorated him with one last jump with his ashes. It was all caught on video.
Any jump off the Perrine Bridge is insane to me. I've seen people take the plunge on skateboards, in costumes, from the top of passing trucks, and even on fire, but this raises the bar really high.
Since the announcement was made on the Southern Idaho Tourism website in May, locals are growing more and more excited about the opportunity to host jumpers from across the globe in this first ever organized competition in Twin Falls.
A well executed backflip, followed by a textbook landing by one of the day's jumpers, provides a unique angle of both the bridge and the activity itself, and at the same time is a stark reminder of how tiny human beings are compared to nature.
This latest post gives viewers a little different perspective of what it's like standing on that ledge, and taking that beautiful leap above the Snake River.
When Danny Weiland attempted to set the record for most BASE jumps in a day at the Perrine, something special happened at the end and it was captured in an amazing Instagram pic.
There are some things that can only happen in Twin Falls. Here's an example. A guy on top of a truck going 45 mph across the Perrine Bridge jumps off. Yep, that happened and I have the picture to prove it.
Jumping off a bridge and sailing to the Snake River Canyon floor may look like fun but remains very dangerous. The latest to die in Twin Falls is a 73-year-old man who leaped off the Perrine Bridge just after 5:30 yesterday afternoon. His chute failed to open and he fell hard into the ri…
A Twin Falls base jumper jumped off the Perrine Bridge in Twin Falls, Idaho to commemorate Breast Cancer Awareness Month during the "Bras Across the Canyon" fund raising event on October 4th, 2014.