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bystander biker and rock climber River Barry saved basejumper in Moab

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Alexey Zelditch · · San Jose · Joined Feb 2006 · Points: 1,050

just bumped into this clip on YouTube from Dec2

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zOuixakk3fQ

The news is not ideally reported. But what I understood : basejumper  from Australia jump from the  400ft cliff and his parachute  was caught 100 feet from the ground. While he was hanging ,  River Barry was biking in canyon. Somehow she found the gear and belayer [it did not explained in news] and before local SAR team show up - climb the 100ft crack [ on-site] to reach  basejumper, build up anchor, clip base jumper to her harness ,  cut  basejumper's parachute and rappel. 

Very impressive rescue by bystander. Anyone who can bring more to this story? Curious if River Barry is member of Mountain project. And what cliff in Moab it happen? maybe Indian Creek ?

michael sershen · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Apr 2013 · Points: 0

see:

https://www.mountainproject.com/forum/topic/123535750/did-she-get-the-fa-parachute-crack-in-moab

Nico Leis · · Ouray, CO · Joined Nov 2019 · Points: 40

River seems pretty rad

River Barry · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Jul 2019 · Points: 105

Thanks for trying to get some details straight Alexey! I've been posting details on my instagram: riverflowsfree

River Barry · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Jul 2019 · Points: 105
Bb Cc wrote:

What a great deed. Hope someone is making a film for us about you! 

Just got back from a weekend getting the FFA, led it clean on 1/15/23! A videographer followed the story this weekend and is working on putting together a film :) My instagram will have updates about its release :) 

Guideline #1: Don't be a jerk.

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