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Topics: World News, Health, Extreme Sports
Brenna Cooper
Topics: World News, Health, Extreme Sports
A TV presenter dubbed ‘Adrenaline Woman’ has died in a base-jumping accident in Spain.
34-year-old Marta Jiménez was a presenter on Spanish TV show El Hormiguero [The Anthill], which featured her performing daring jumps.
Colleagues for Jiménez confirmed that she'd passed away on Sunday (13 July) after embarking on a base-jump in the Chistau Valley, close to the city of Huesca.
Details of the accident have not been revealed publicly, however it is understood that Jiménez had suffered an accident while jumping at around 10:30am. Rescue teams were dispatched to her aid but were ultimately unable to save the presenter.
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Confirming the death of his colleague in a statement, host Pablo Moto said on Instagram (via E-Noticies) the team were 'devastated' by the news.
"Marta has left us, the adrenaline woman, she lost her life doing what she loved most," his statement read.
"We are devastated. But our feeling of helplessness and our sadness won't stop us from remembering her when she screamed with joy at having achieved something impossible.
"I'm sharing one of those moments with you through tears."
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Jiménez's body has since been taken to the Institute of Legal Medicine in Huesca for a post-mortem to confirm her cause of death.
Base-jumping is an extreme sport in which a person jumps from a fixed object - such as buildings, cranes and cliffs - and used a parachute to descend to the ground.
The term base comes from the following acronym (via Skydive Perris)
B: Building
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A: Antenna
S: Span (a bridge)
E: Earth (a cliff)
This is different to skydiving, where a person will typically jump out of a plane and enter a period of free-fall before opening their parachute.
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Jiménez was known on the show for her daring base-jumps and became a popular presenter on the programme for her daredevil antics. Her most famous stunt involved base-jumping almost 200 feet from a crane, which had been documented on the show. According to Spanish-language outlet Semana, the presenter had experienced a panic attack due to nerves before the stunt.
Viewers of El Hormiguero have since begun to share their condolences to Jiménez's colleagues, friends and family.
"Your joy and vitality will always accompany us! Fly high, Marta!" one fan commented under the post made by Moto.
"I read the news and remembered the moments she gave us," added a second person.