Monday, September 17, 2012

Tired of living?

This is not serious, it's just a joke, okay? We had never visited Twin Falls, Idaho, and we partially did last week. We didn't go to the famous falls, but we just were awestruck when we discovered the Perrine Bridge, which spans the Snake River Canyon north of the city, as you come south from the freeway.  The 1,499 feet long bridge that opened up in 1976 stands at 486 feet over the ground below. We didn't know it, but this is one of the very few artificial structures worldwide where BASE jumping is legal and were a few records were broken: In September 2005 Miles Daisher of Twin Falls set a BASE jumping world record by jumping off Perrine Bridge 57 times in a 24-hour period. In July 2006 Dan Schilling jumped off the bridge 201 times in 21 hours to raise money for charity.

Next time I'm tired of living, I can now rest assured that I have a reliable alternative to the San Francisco Golden Gate bridge, a mere 250 miles away from home!

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