Published June 15, 2026 02:44PM<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Groundbreaking daredevil Andrew \u201cSketchy Andy\u201d Lewis died BASE jumping in Moab, Utah, on Sunday, June 14.<\/p>\n
The 39-year-old Lewis was parachuting in tandem, with an unidentified man, aged approximately 50, strapped to his chest, according to a press release the Grand County Sheriff\u2019s Office (GCSO) posted to Facebook. Both victims died before rescuers could evacuate them from the scene.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Grand County Sheriff\u2019s Office extends its deepest sympathies to the families, friends, and all those affected by this tragic accident,\u201d the GSCO wrote in its release. The office did not respond to Outside\u2019s<\/em> request for further information.<\/p>\n Hayley Ashburn, Lewis\u2019s ex-fianc\u00e9 and longtime romantic partner, told Outside<\/em> that the accident occurred at around 8:00 A.M., when Lewis and the second man, a guided client, jumped off a 280-foot cliff at a site known as Mary\u2019s Gash. Their parachute failed to fully open, said Ashburn, who spoke with Lewis\u2019s close friend Brent Cain, an EMT and firefighter who was working with Lewis on the day he died.<\/p>\n There was no cell service in the area, so after witnessing the accident, Cain drove out to phone for emergency services.<\/p>\n First responders from the GCSO arrived roughly 45 minutes after Cain reached the fallen parachutists. Lewis died around 11:00 A.M., according to Ashburn.<\/p>\n Lewis was a leading pioneer of the sports of slacklining and highlining, balancing on a piece of webbing suspended between two anchor points, sometimes hundreds of feet off the ground. Throughout the 2000s and 2010s, he helped popularize the sport with a larger audience.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n