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Santa Cruz Wingsuit Flier Dies In Jump From Cliff

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (CBS/AP) -- A Santa Cruz man has died while wingsuit flying among remote cliffs on the Arizona-Utah border.

The Coconino County Sheriff's Office says it's coming up with a plan to recover the body of 29-year-old Mathew Kenney.

Sheriff's Lt. Bret Axlund says Kenney's body is trapped in a crevice about 600 feet below where he jumped Tuesday in the Paria Canyon-Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness. The Vermilion Cliffs rise as much as 3,000 feet.

Vermillion Cliffs
Coyote Buttes a.k.a. The Wave, Vermillion Cliffs, Arizona (Wikipedia)

Axlund says Kenney was among a group of experienced wingsuit fliers. He says Kenney hit a wall but investigators aren't sure how that happened.

Wingsuit flying is among the most extreme forms of BASE jumping.

A friend of Kenney, Matt Frohlich, described him as a talented jumper who had traveled around the world. He says Kenney's loss is a big hit to the community

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