Man Dies BASE Jumping

From the off beat news files... [not satire, wish it was]

A Longmont business owner died Tuesday in Idaho after his parachute failed to open after he jumped from a bridge over the Snake River Canyon.

Yegor Drozdov died living the way he believed was best, said his friend and Longmont business partner, Chad Clark.

“His whole attitude was to experience life to its full potential, and he did,” said Clark.

Drozdov, 29, was living in Longmont while expanding his Massachusetts-based auto-sales business here with Clark.

He died after jumping from the 486-foot-high Perrine Bridge in southern Idaho, a popular spot for BASE jumpers, who parachute from high, fixed objects. BASE is an acronym for building, antenna, span, earth.

What a waste. I could think of 100 better ways to get a thrill and live to tell about it.
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