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BASE seasons
1
BASE jumps
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WS BASE jumps
2700
Skydives
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WS skydives
Incident
- Incident category:
- BASE Fatality
- ID:
- BFL11
- Object:
- Earth
- Cause of death:
- Object strike under canopy
- Date:
- 20. 06. 1986
- Time:
- —
- Exit type:
- Vertical
Personal
- Name:
- John Ray Foster
- Gender:
- Male
- Nationality:
- Australian
- Age:
- —
- Experience:
- —
Equipment & Setup
- Canopy:
- —
- Canopy size:
- —
- Container:
- —
- Suit:
- Everyday Clothing worn › Slick
- Packing:
- Slider Up
- Deployment:
- BOC
Circumstances
- Weather:
- Sunny Winds light and variable
- Factors:
- Unstable exit
Description
Ray (Australian) is an experienced skydiver (2,700 jumps) making his first BASE jump. He launched head down, lost control, deployed unstable and hit the wall. This is Trollveggen's fourth BASE fatality.
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