Pubity on Instagram: "😭 Humans began BASE jumping in the late 1970s, when filmmaker and skydiver Carl Boenish popularized the practice by making repeated parachute jumps from El Capitan in Yosemite National Park. While isolated parachute descents from buildings and cliffs happened earlier, Boenish was the first to define, document, and name BASE jumping, an acronym for Building, Antenna, Span, and Earth, turning it into a recognized extreme sport rather than rare stunts. (Sajid Chougle via Vira