A legend of base jumping takes leap of faith -- his last - Los Angeles Times

A legend of base jumping takes leap of faith -- his last - Los Angeles Times: "In 1966, Brian Schubert and a buddy strapped parachutes to their backs and leaped off Yosemite's 3,000-foot-high El Capitan cliff — and unwittingly inspired the worldwide extreme sport of base jumping.

A blurry snapshot captured the stunt that broke both of Schubert's legs. At the time, people who knew parachutes thought the two guys were nuts.

Schubert spent the next decades in anonymity, raising a family and working as a Pomona police officer. He retired as a respected lieutenant.

On Saturday, Schubert strapped on a parachute and made his first jump in 40 years. Before 145,000 spectators, his daughter and his old El Capitan jumping partner, Schubert leaped off a bridge to his death."