When 33-year-old Cole Skinner said he would be dropping by his workplace, he meant it literally.
'The whole thing is a pure adrenaline rush,' he said. Skinner is part of an elite group of firefighters that operates in places where roads don't exist. For the last four years, his commute has involved a 3,000-foot death-defying dive with views that are hard to beat. Called Smokejumpers, they parachute directly into the flames. When the siren sounds, Smokejumpers pack on their gear and load into a Shorts C-23 Sherpa plane.
Their gear can weigh up to 120 pounds.Smokejumping dates back to 1939, when the US Forest Service realized it needed to stop remote fires before they became too big to handle. In all, there are about 400 Smokejumpers in the U.S., but as climate change intensifies their job has become more in demand. Mitch Hokanson, the Redding base manager said fire seasons are now getting longer and longer.
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