BASE jumping

File photo of a BASE jumper leaping off the Perrine Bridge in Twin Falls, Idaho.

(Photo by Chris McNaught)

TWIN FALLS, Idaho -- Authorities in south-central Idaho say a 30-year-old South Carolina BASE jumper who successfully parachuted into the Snake River Canyon had to be rescued because he was too intoxicated to walk out on his own.

The Twin Falls County Sheriff's Office says Walter Wooton of York County landed safely after the daylight leap Tuesday off the Perrine Bridge into the 486-foot-deep canyon.

they received a call at 12:30 a.m. Wednesday from a man saying he jumped with Wooton earlier but Wooton hadn't made it back to the canyon rim.

The Perrine Bridge is approximately 1,500 feet long and 486 feet above the Snake River.

A helicopter landed in the canyon and found an intoxicated Wooton. Rescuers with the Twin Falls Fire Department then walked in to help him out.

is a popular BASE jumping spot.