Scott Frankson smiles when he remembers the first time he BASE jumped off Camelback Mountain. Twenty years after his first jump he jumped the same mountain to commemorate the anniversary. "There was only me and a friend the first time and he didn't jump," said Frankson.
This time there were about 20 other BASE jumpers that took flight on Sunday morning to celebrate the day.
Frankson is considered a bit of a local pioneer in the BASE jumping community. He estimates in his 20 years of BASE jumping he has jumped Camelback Mountain more than 100 times. "Like most kids it's that fascination of flying," he said.
BASE jumping is parachuting or wingsuit flying from a fixed object -- the acronym stands for the four types of structures from which practitioners jump: buildings, antennas, spans and Earth, like a cliff.
While BASE jumping is considered an extreme sport, Frankson also calls it peaceful. "When your parachute opens it's just happy times," he said.
Frankson's 20-year anniversary is a big deal in the BASE jumping community. While there has never been a death or serious accident related to the sport at Camelback Mountain, there have been hundreds of BASE jumping deaths. The danger has brought concerns from park districts around the country and the world about allowing BASE jumping on state or federal land.
Camelback is one of many places in Arizona where BASE jumpers can go, and because it's in the middle of a major metropolitan city and is easy to get to, it has become popular with BASE jumpers from all over the world.
Unlike many jumps, it is a fast ride jumping off Camelback, the mountain is only about 300 feet high.
Frankson says there is no better way to start the day than jumping off a cliff.

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