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on the ground

we had ground crew

that took our gear

and they placed them under rocks

or under logs. It is all mapped out.

We were all dressed up as hikers.

All we did was we'd land and stood

and ground crew changed us

from skydiver to hiker.

And then we just, you know, dispersed.

We were entirely successful

in all our cliff jumps

because I feel that we were

constantly led by the idea

that we were glorifying mankind's

beautiful spirit of seeking adventure

and that we were within our rights of

freedom and dominium over all the Earth.

There are many man-made laws that aren't

laws at all that need to be broken.

One is a belief that it's impossible

to jump off a cliff.

I felt the activity

I thought was exciting.

And to do it off of El Cap

just trigged my imagination.

I thought that was wonderful.

I didn't feel adversarial,

but it didn't keep me

from doing my job at times.

It didn't seem

like it was going to stop.

How do you herd a bunch of cats?

We had word that there were

going to be cliff jumpers

coming into the top of El Cap.

And it was against the law.

This is a cat-and-mouse part of it.

A couple weeks later

when Carl and I went back

and we jumped off,

I got caught by the ranger.

I was the first person ever caught

for BASE jumping in Yosemite.

Tom Stark, Dave Blattell

and Jill Morgan got citations.

I was an attorney for

the Federal Government.

So I couldn't represent them.

But I did a lot of pro bono work

for them

and we were trying to challenge

their park's regulation.

Speaking of El Capitan, there have been

some controversies around that.

Apparently the park did not want people

jumping off their cliffs.

Yeah. That's true. And we can

certainly see their point of view.

But they just didn't understand.

In fact, they couldn't even believe

that we just jumped off.

Basically, we will just jump off

and fall for ten seconds

and fall over a thousand feet.

I found most of the jumpers

very agreeable.

Carl was special. You kind of have

an instinct about the ringleaders.

He was easy to remember.

He had this aura of life.

You don't have to dislike someone

to take away their freedom.

My name is Carl Boenish.

I'm expedition of this leader.

Cut.

The park ranger at the time

that issued these citations

was aware that Carl was involved in it.

What did you say

with respect to the filming?

OK, they asked me, you know,

whose equipment it was

and first of all they said,

"Where is Carl?"

You know, I mean,

where is Carl Boenish?

- Really?

- Yeah. They're out for blood.

Somehow we got involved with rangers.

The film was confiscated.

Carl was very concerned about his film.

One of those what was there

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