
‘I want to be put back into the air,’ the life and death of a BASE jumper
Mike Racicot kept a letter with one request should he die: “I want to be put back into the air.”
The five-page handwritten missive the elite BASE jumper had left at his home in British Columbia had instructions on what to do with his possessions and his beloved dog, a 10-year-old boxer called Taco.
The 37-year-old — known as “Treehouse Mike” — died on July 26 while on a wingsuit flight in Switzerland.
“We were always worried about him, but he was so good about taking care of himself,” said Racicot’s sister, Rachel Polite, who has spent the past few months fulfilling her brother’s wishes. “Now we’re taking care of him.”