The lack of staffing has led some to engage in dangerous and illegal antics, with videos circulating on social media showing people BASE jumping, squatting in campgrounds and scaling cliffs in the ...
A Washington state BASE jumper died Sunday after an issue with his parachute and falling over 600 feet to the ground, authorities announced. The man, 47-year-old Elliot Barstow, was BASE jumping ...
Amid the government shutdown, BASE jumpers are flouting the rules at this beloved national park. With no one around to enforce the rules, the rule breakers are taking over. That’s exactly what is ...
(NewsNation) — National Parks have remained open amid the ongoing government shutdown, but insufficient staffing at Yosemite National Park in California has prompted visitors to engage in largely ...
With Yosemite National Park still open during the federal government shutdown, BASE jumpers are allegedly making illegal jumps from the park’s giant rock formations. The National Park Service (NPS) ...
(NewsNation) — National Parks have remained open amid the ongoing government shutdown, but insufficient staffing at Yosemite National Park in California has prompted visitors to engage in largely ...
While the exact number of federal employees still on duty in Yosemite during the shutdown remains unclear, an anonymous park employee told SFGATE that they were only aware of one volunteer patrolling ...
Some Yosemite National Park visitors were seen BASE jumping, an activity decried by park officials as "illegal," while staffing at the park has been limited during the ongoing government shutdown, ...