{"id":281793,"date":"2025-11-14T04:11:23","date_gmt":"2025-11-14T04:11:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/281793\/"},"modified":"2025-11-14T04:11:23","modified_gmt":"2025-11-14T04:11:23","slug":"b-c-man-lucky-after-crashing-into-mountain-while-base-jumping-in-squamish-sar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/281793\/","title":{"rendered":"B.C. man ‘lucky’ after crashing into mountain while BASE jumping in Squamish: SAR"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A Squamish, B.C., man was rescued Tuesday after crashing into the side of a mountain while BASE jumping off Slhanay Mountain. <\/p>\n

BASE jumping is parachuting or wingsuit flying from a fixed structure or cliff. The BASE acronym stands for four types of fixed objects from which one can jump: building, antenna, span and earth. <\/p>\n

Squamish Search and Rescue (SAR) manager Mike Teske said that when Zachery Mayne jumped on Nov. 11, he ended up doing a 90-degree turn and hitting the rock face of the mountain. <\/p>\n

\u201cWith his parachute collapsed, he then started to plummet to the earth, where his chute caught onto some of the rock,\u201d said Teske. <\/p>\n

Mayne managed to scramble to a small area and get out of his parachute so it didn\u2019t blow him off the mountain. <\/p>\n

Mayne’s friends called for help around 4:30 p.m. PT and eventually led 30 search and rescue members to his location \u2014 about 20 metres below a cliff on Slhanay Peak.<\/p>\n

When Squamish SAR arrived, they found Mayne hanging onto a small outcropping of rock to stop himself from plummeting more than 450 metres.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat would have been an unsurvivable fall,\u201d Teske said. <\/p>\n

\u201cHe was very lucky,\u201d Teske added. \u00a0\u201cHe got very cold \u2026 and he was in a very precarious position. He couldn’t move.\u201d <\/p>\n

But getting to Mayne wasn’t easy, Teske said.<\/p>\n

\u201cA significant hike through some really challenging terrain to get to an area above where he was stranded,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Squamish SAR called for assistance from North Shore Rescue and Talon Helicopters, a private company which works closely with search and rescue groups, to hoist Mayne out of the area. <\/p>\n

It was midnight before Mayne was finally rescued. <\/p>\n

\u201cIt takes a lot of people to facilitate a rescue like this,\u201d said Teske. \u201cIf it’s hard for you to get there, it’s also very hard for us to get there and then to get you out.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"ANorth Shore Rescue and Talon Helicopters joined the search to help rescue a man in Squamish, B.C, on Nov. 11, 2025. (North Shore Rescue)<\/p>\n

B.C. Emergency Health Services public information officer Brian Twaites said paramedics transported Mayne to hospital in serious but stable condition.<\/p>\n

“He had some significant lower leg injuries,” Teske said. <\/p>\n

Mayne expressed his gratitude to the rescue teams involved, his friends who assisted and the community of Squamish.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe town of Squamish itself, for the outpouring of support for my recovery, Squamish is a special place,\u201d Mayne said.<\/p>\n

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Teske is reminding people to be aware of the conditions when recreating outdoors in November. <\/p>\n

\u201cIt does get dark very fast, it’s also winter already in the mountains, so once that sun goes down, it gets cold really, really quickly,\u201d Teske said. <\/p>\n

BASE jumping incidents in B.C. <\/p>\n

In the last five years, there have been 14 BASE jumping incidents, which includes searches, rescues or recoveries, in B.C., the majority of which happened in Squamish.<\/p>\n

B.C. AdventureSmart, a national program that encourages people to educate themselves about safe outdoor activity, shared data from 2020, stating that there were 10 rescues in Squamish, as well as one each in Pemberton, the Comox Valley, Chilliwack and Kent Harrison. <\/p>\n

\u201cThe overall number remains a small sample size and comparatively low when measured against other high-risk aerial sports,\u201d executive director Sandra Riches said. <\/p>\n

\"SearchSquamish Search and Rescue had to navigate difficult terrain to rescue a BASE jumper on Tuesday. (Squamish Search and Rescue)<\/p>\n

For people who want to participate in “high-risk” outdoor activities such as BASE jumping, B.C. AdventureSmart asks people to plan ahead, be prepared and make safety the priority. <\/p>\n

\u201cWe also remind participants to respect the community, land managers and protected areas surrounding Squamish,\u201d Riches said. <\/p>\n

Before people head out, Riches suggests they have proper training, certified gear and experienced partners. People should also check local weather and wind conditions, file a trip plan and carry reliable communication tools in case of emergency.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Listen to this article Estimated 4 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by text-to-speech, a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":281794,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[43,44,41,39,42,40],"class_list":{"0":"post-281793","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headlines","8":"tag-headlines","9":"tag-news","10":"tag-top-news","11":"tag-top-stories","12":"tag-topnews","13":"tag-topstories"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/281793","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=281793"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/281793\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/281794"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=281793"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=281793"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=281793"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}