A YouTube video, which appears to show a man illegally BASE jumping from the Peak 2 Peak Gondola in Whistler, B.C., has been causing a stir online.
The video, which was posted on Wednesday and also shows a female companion who remains in the gondola, is apparently shot from a helmet camera worn by the man, who makes the jump at around the 2:30 mark.
The title, McConkey Reborn, apparently honours Shane McConkey, an extreme skier who BASE jumped from the Peak 2 Peak Gondola when it opened in 2008, in an event sponsored by Red Bull in agreement with Whistler-Blackcomb.
McConkey died in 2009 after jumping off a cliff with a parachute while filming a movie in Italy.
BASE jumping involves jumping off fixed objects, such as a cliff or a building, with a parachute.