BASE jumping is on the rise at Yosemite due to a lack of park rangers during government shutdown
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Wow. >> It's the moment that took rock climber Charles Winstead by surprise. >> I was like, "Oh, wow. That's that's unusual." They don't usually jump in the middle of the day.>> That's never seen that before. >> Base jumpers landing in Yoseim's lush Meadows. The video taken in the last two weeks as thrillsekers seem to capitalize on the government shutdown.Space jumping is prohibited in all national parks, but that hasn't stopped thrillsekers from taking the plunge since the 1980s. Winstead says the appeal ...