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Parachutist dies in protest
jump
YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. -- A 60-year-old veteran
parachutist plunged to her death when her chute failed to open while jumping off the top
of 3,200-foot El Capitan on Friday to protest park rules banning the extreme sport.
Jan Davis was one of five jumpers who planned to leap off
the sheer granite cliff, a protest organized in response to the June 9 death of a jumper
who successfully parachuted off El Capitan only to drown in the river below while trying
to flee park rangers.
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The protest was meant to demonstrate that the jumps can be
made safely.
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