Rudolphe Climent

31-Year-Old French

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BFL168 BFL170

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BASE seasons

400

BASE jumps

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WS BASE jumps

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Skydives

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WS skydives

Incident

Incident category:: BASE Fatality
ID:: BFL169
Object:: Earth
Cause of death:: PC in tow or PC-Bridle entanglement
Date:: 26. 06. 2011
Time:: —
Exit point:: Switzerland › Lauterbrunnen › La Mousse
Other incidents at this location: BFL57, BRFJO, BFL84, BFL106, BFL120, BFL347
Exit type:: Vertical

Personal

Name:: Rudolphe Climent
Gender:: Male
Nationality:: French
Age:: 31
Experience:: —

Equipment & Setup

Canopy:: —
Canopy size:: —
Container:: —
Suit:: Phoenix-Fly › Original Tracking suit two piece
Packing:: Slider Up
Deployment:: BOC

Circumstances

Weather:: Sunny Winds light and variable
Factors:: Gear failure Pilot Chute Entanglement - PC in tow

Description

Rodolphe pulled between 6 or 7 seconds from la mouse, high pull. and then, nothing... He waits 1 second, then looks back, notices bridle knot and flips to his back and impacts the talus.
When his friends inspect the rig, there is a knot with bridle on the pilot chute.

He was an experienced base jumper, with 400 jumps this was a tracking suit jump.