The deaths of extreme athlete Dean Potter and his friend Graham Hunt in Yosemite National Park brought renewed attention to the risks of BASE jumping and its more dangerous offshoot, wingsuit flying.

Skydiver Luke Aikins Sets Record For Highest Jump Without Parachute : The Two-Way The 42-year-old daredevil made a perfect landing into a net 25,000 feet below in Simi Valley, Calif., on Saturday.

The team will attempt a series of parachute jumps, endeavoring, at each stage, to push the limits of the possible. They will then move higher and do the same again – smashing world records along ...

Parachute technology had come a long way in the lead-up to Berry's leap, but it was far from perfect. American Grant Morton made a jump from a Wright Model B biplane in 1911, but carried the chute ...