A year - old woman falls about 2,000 feet after her parachute fails to open properly . She and her husband of two years had climbed up a mountain in Zion National Park . He was unable to save her and had to seek help from park authorities to recover her body . Butler , 29 , then hiked out of the remote area to find help , alerting park authorities at about 6:30 p.m. Recovery teams located Bellows ' body around 10 a.m. Sunday . She was an experienced BASE jumper , but the activity is illegal in the park , authorities say .
A year - old woman falls about 2,000 feet after her parachute fails to open properly . She and her husband of two years had climbed up a mountain in Zion National Park . He was unable to save her and had to seek help from park authorities to recover her body . She was an experienced BASE jumper , but the activity is illegal in the park , authorities say .