Injured BASE jumper rescued from Colorado mountain pass
A BASE jumper crashed Saturday afternoon at the bottom of a climbing wall on Independence Pass in Pitkin County according to rescuers The jumper landed roughly feet from a parking area on the mountain pass at the base of the Grotto Wall climbing area according to a news release from Mountain Rescue Aspen Pitkin County dispatchers received an exigency text reporting the crash landing at about p m Saturday and sent Mountain Rescue Aspen crews to the Grotto Wall less than minutes later the news release stated The area is about miles southeast of Aspen Rescue executives released that the BASE jumper landed in challenging rocky terrain and required assistance to reach the ambulance The -person rescue organization built a guided-line system to lower the injured jumper from the rocky area to the ambulance the news release stated Related Articles Trump rollback of rule for citizens lands including square miles in Colorado would reduce conservation role As Denver voters consider Vibrant Denver bond past approved projects show it s not over until they re built As kids like the Evergreen High School shooter sink into violent online extremism what can parents do Anna Hall re-emerges as world champion heptathlete after enduring injuries wrestling with self-doubt Georgetown reopens to I- traffic after leaf-peeping gridlock Information on how the jumper was injured and the severity of the injuries was not available Sunday All Mountain Rescue Aspen personnel were out of the field by p m Saturday agency representatives announced Get more Colorado news by signing up for our daily Your Morning Dozen email newsletter
