A Squamish, B.C., man was rescued Tuesday after crashing into the side of a mountain while BASE jumping off Slhanay Mountain.

BASE jumping is parachuting or wingsuit flying from a fixed structure or cliff. The BASE acronym stands for four types of fixed objects from which one can jump: building, antenna, span and earth.

Squamish Search and Rescue (SAR) manager Mike Teske said that when Zachery Mayne jumped on Nov. 11, he ended up doing a 90-degree turn and hitting the rock face of the mountain.

“With his parachute collapsed, he then started to plummet to the earth, where his chute caught onto some of the rock,” said Teske.

M ayne managed to scramble to a small area and get out of his parachute so it didn’t blow him off the mountain.

Mayne's friends called for help around 4:30 p.m. PT

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