L.L Bean has partnered with the National Park Foundation to help you find your happy

place. And with more than 400 national parks, there's a good chance you'll find one

close to home. Discover your perfect day in a park at find your park.com. Rising high above the prairies west of the Black Hills stands a tower of astounding

geological feature.

Considered sacred by indigenous people,

it's an impressive and striking monument

against the flat lands of Northeastern Wyoming.

Hundreds of parallel cracks make it one of the finest climbing areas in North America,

and for decades this remarkable

wonder has drawn daredevils and thrill seekers alike, all hoping to stand atop the

Towers Flat Summit. One person though took a very different approach,

one that hasn't been attempted since.

I'm Jason Epperson,

and on this episode of America's National Parks, the man who spent six days trapped atop Devil's Tower National Monument, and the attempt to bring him back to Earth. Here's Abigail Treview. Oh, In the fall of 1941, professional parachutist George Hopkins on the flat summit of Devil's Tower. It was a feat that had never been done before in Hopkins, who

had a reputation for breaking records with his thrill-seeking jumps, eagerly accepted the bet.

Parachuting into strange places was nothing new for Hopkins.

His latest stunt would have him setting the record for the most

jumps in one day, and a pre-publicity Devil's Tower jump seemed like the perfect way to raise awareness.

In the end, things didn't exactly go the way Hopkins planned. Letting only a few local reporters in on his plan, under the condition they would not publish his story until the jump was complete, Hopkins took to the sky on the morning of October 1st, while a car full of people watched from below.

The plan was to land upon the one acre top, then descend using a 1,000 foot rope which would drop from the plane after him.

Hopkins exited the plane, flew through the sky, and hit his mark.

But his rope did not.

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