A bet, a parachute, and Devil’s Tower: a perfect plan until it wasn’t
The parachute worked perfectly, but the plan to get down from the national monument did not.
In 1941, daredevil parachutist George Hopkins settled a bet by jumping out of a plane and landing on top of Devil’s Tower. The parachute worked perfectly, but the plan to get down from the national monument did not.
Hopkins’ $50 wager was simple: parachute onto the flat summit of Devil’s Tower, just to prove it could be done. He succeeded, touching down …
