Night Archives on Instagram: "On October 22, 1999, 60-year-old Jan Davis, a veteran BASE jumper from Santa Barbara, California, leapt from the top of El Capitan, a 3,200-foot granite monolith in Yosemite National Park. She wasn’t just chasing adrenaline—she was protesting the National Park Service’s ban on BASE jumping, hoping to prove the sport could be done safely. She was the fourth of five jumpers in the demonstration. The first three landed successfully. But Davis, fearing her gear would be

How Things Look on Instagram: "In 1991, John Vincent, a BASE jumper from New Orleans, carried out a jump off one of the World Trade Center towers. He reportedly had about 160 skydives by then, but this was only his sixth BASE jump. According to accounts, he managed to get a parachute rig past security by wearing it under his clothes because a prepacked BASE rig was under scrutiny. He escaped the scene without being arrested, and although some charges were reportedly filed initially, they were la

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