Bridge Day 2011 By the Numbers

Bridge Day 2011 is history.  Beautiful blue skies and an awesome crowd of BASE jumpers, rappellers, and spectators equaled a pretty amazing day.

Also amazing?  Some of the numbers from this year's event:

• There were 750 BASE jumps by 421 jumpers this year.
• 11 tandem jumps were made, for the first time ever.
• $660 was raised by presenting sponsor Subaru for the Fayette County Humane Society.
• 180 - That's the number of pick-ups that the Rescue Boat team made this year, more than average.
• The Fayette County Green Team and the Appalachian State University Outdoors Program collected almost 600 pounds of cardboard for recycling.
• 82  - The age of this year's oldest BASE jumper, Donald Cripps.
• There were 868 Bridge Day rappels.
• $1,000.  That's the donation that Subaru made to World Hoop Day on behalf of Stephanie Bercht, the winner of the Bridge Day Tandem Jump Video Contest.
• BASE jumpers came from 12 countries and 39 states.  9 jumpers were from West Virginia.
• 1,000 of you downloaded the Official Bridge Day app.
• 24% of jumpers were making their first BASE jump on Bridge Day.
• There were 105 trash cans on the Bridge.

Thanks for being part of Bridge Day.  We'll see you in 2012!