a scleroprotein that is the principal constituent of epidermis, hair, nails, horny tissues, and the organic matrix of the enamel of the teeth. Its solution is sometimes used in coating pills when the latter are desired to pass through the stomach unchanged.
Official records aren't kept of BASE jumps, but Aiello estimates that 10,000 people around the world have jumped at some point. The number of weekly BASE jumpers is probably about 1,000 and another 1,500 people may jump a couple times a year.Aiello stopped counting his BASE jumps after his 1,000th in 2003.ost regular BASE jumpers have probably flown in a wingsuit at some point, but only a small number regularly jump in one, Aiello said. Of that number, only 20 to 50 people in the world practice the type of terrain flights Potter did, flying through canyons and just inches from rock walls and treetops.
August 8, 1993: Six people were killed when their balloon hit a power line near Aspen, Colorado, tearing off the basket and sending it plunging 100 feet to the ground. December 11, 1990: Four people died near downtown Columbus, Ohio, after their hot-air balloon hit a television tower and deflated.