There was some question as to whether this event would be held this year after organizers where threatened by local slack jaws [read local threaten jumpers here]Â but as you can see, cooler heads prevailed and the event was scaled back but still a success. Lets hope this squabble between locals and jumpers is squashed and next year this event comes back full force!

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