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Why should he contact the locals? That's as close as you can get to something being "your" object. He fucked up and is in the hospital and will likely lose his job despite this being great publicity for iFly. Do you think he deserves more public shaming?

And jumping just before sunset (hardly a "daylight" jump) means he shouldn't face trespassing charges as long as it was normal for him to be allowed on the construction site at 8pm. If he was popular or hadn't apparently fucked your sister there would be a Gofundme for him already.

Heal fast dude.

Deleted the post since it has his name and such in it.

First, it was *definitely* a full daylight jump. Second, that's why I was asking for more information, not public shaming. If he was able to legally get to the top of that crane and jump, then more power to him. I first sent him a message and wished him a speedy recovery. I hope he isn't severely injured and doesn't lose his job as well.

What incident?

Why should he contact the locals, you ask? Since when does working on a building in a particular locale make you a local? Or give you any of the insight that a local might have about everything not related to the site itself? And jumping before sunset means that it was still light out so I think the "daylight" description is pretty fair. I'm not suggesting that he didn't have the right to jump the object, but your points aren't valid. Your tone suggests that you are defending a friend, which I can respect, but consider the circumstances from a more impartial point of view. It's unfortunate this guy got hurt and I hope for a fast and full recovery, but even if he had "gotten away with it," it would have been a demonstration in poor form.

"BALTIMORE (WJZ) — A man was injured after jumping from a 160-foot crane wearing a parachute and a helmet with two GoPro cameras in White Marsh Monday night, according to Baltimore County Police.

Officers were called to the scene, the ____ block of _____, shortly after 8 p.m.

They say the 33-year-old, who worked for the construction company, landed on a steel box and was injured after the parachute did not fully deploy.

The man, identified as _________, of ________, Oregon, was taken to [a hospital] for treatment. His current condition is unknown.

Video that a witness to the aftermath of the jump sent to WJZ shows the man was awake and talking to officers when they arrived."

I'm assuming it happened at or before 8pm. Sunset is at 8:20pm...which means it was definitely full daylight here

I've never met or heard of the guy until yesterday, but let's be honest here: How many competent BASE jumpers do you know who would pass up the chance to jump a crane on their work site?

This wasn't just a random jumper driving through a city overnight burning someone else's object. The suggestion (or accusation) that he didn't officially "contact the locals" is based on talking to two people. Baltimore isn't exactly Yosemite, and while it's unfortunate that this brought attention to local jumpers, this was essentially a legal jump on a site that he knew very well and could have picked perfect weather conditions to jump.

Playing devils advocate here, how badly would he have fucked himself up if he'd have jumped after dark and had the same landing difficulties? There's a huge double standard in this community regarding pilot error fuckups, dayblazing, arrest/incarceration selfies, and running from the cops depending on how popular you are.

Jumpers are already crucified by the local wuffos anytime they get injured or arrested and end up in the news. Calling someone out like this will only further ostracize them from the community. Next time he's in a new town he'll call the locals and get "You're the Baltimore guy? I heard you're a dick, we're not jumping with you." What then?

If you actually want to make BASE better then make it a general PSA or contact the guy privately once he's out of the hospital. Otherwise you're just as bad as the S&TAs who get on the loudspeaker calling someone an idiot for doing S-turns on final.

Who cares about a 160 foot crane anyways? You guys need some better objects. I'm sure you could keep jumping it if you were in the first place if that's what you're into.

yeah, 160' is too much effort. i prefer to stay in the 110-145' range.

gharrop,I agree,he had every right to jump of a crane on his job.while I was on a construction site I hit our crane.the funny part about it was the
owners of the building got pissed off and told my boss they hope I got
killed the next time I jump. So they could just dig a hole there and
bury me.hahaha! haters are always gonna hate.I hope he has a fast recovery so he can do it again!