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From the October 23, 1999, edition of The Kansas City Star.

 

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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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