The New River Gorge National Park draws in visitors year round but the annual Bridge Day is when thousands pour in to witness BASE jumpers take the leap off the New River Gorge Bridge. "This crowd ...

New River Gorge Bridge at New River Gorge National Park Photograph courtesy Adventures on the Gorge Hosted by the Fayette County Chamber of Commerce, the annual festival features food, vendors, and ...

Besides having the world's best whitewater rapids, the New River Gorge in West Virginia is also the home to Bridge Day, a one-day extreme sport celebration that features hundreds of rappellers and ...

For now, though, BASE jumping from the New River Gorge Bridge is still only legal between 9 A.M. and 3 P.M. on the third Saturday of October.

Once a year, hundreds of people voluntarily jump off one of America's largest bridges and into West Virginia's New River Gorge. But for many of these BASE jumpers, it's not enough.

This Oct. 19, 2013 photo provided by Vertical Visions shows Lonnie Bissonnette landing his wheelchair after going off the 876-foot-high New River Gorge Bridge during the Bridge Day festival in ...

Two years ago, Kissner founded the first-ever tandem BASE jumping company, in Twin Falls, Idaho, with the hope of opening the sport up and lowering the cost for new participants. And Bridge Day ...

Suspended 876 feet above a mighty Appalachian canyon, the New River Gorge Bridge in Fayetteville, ... Marcus Ellison, notes that the bridge is more than double the height of a typical BASE jump.

A BASE jumper takes flight at the New River Gorge Bridge in West Virginia. BASE is an acronym for building, antenna, span and earth, the fixed objects from which participants parachute.

BASE jumping New River Gorge Bridge Day Jumpers Visitors 80,000 Parachuting Adrenaline. FAYETTEVILLE, W.Va. (WCHS) — The New River Gorge National Park draws in visitors year round but the annual ...