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Incident
- Incident category:
- BASE Fatality
- ID:
- BFL180
- Object:
- Earth
- Cause of death:
- Low pull
- Date:
- 15. 11. 2011
- Time:
- —
- Exit point:
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United States of America › Utah › Rock Canyon
Other incidents at this location: BFL539
- Exit type:
- Vertical
Personal
- Name:
- Holly Brittsan
- Gender:
- Female
- Nationality:
- American
- Age:
- —
- Experience:
- —
Equipment & Setup
- Canopy:
- —
- Canopy size:
- —
- Container:
- —
- Suit:
- Everyday Clothing worn › Slick
- Packing:
- Slider Down-Off
- Deployment:
- BOC
Circumstances
- Weather:
- Sunny Winds light and variable
- Factors:
- Extracted Pilot Chute too late
Description
Holly was BASE #1367
This is the only account of the incident as Holly was jumping alone.
external witness report from The Salt Lake Tribune
I was hiking in the canyon and saw her fall. I heard the sound of her parachute opening. Her parachute appeared to open all the way but unfortunately not in time to avoid a fairly hard landing. She rolled and slid about 20 feet down a steep slope before coming to a stop. There was no movement for a few minutes but then I saw her sit up and then lay back down again. Rescuers arrived in the canyon in just a few minutes and it took another 15 minutes or so to hike to where she was. A biker had already hiked up to her while I directed the rescue crew to the right spot. When the biker came back down, he said she was breathing but couldn't get a response from her. The rescue crew performed CPR but were unsuccessful. The most frustrating part was that she came so close to making a good jump. Her chute was open but she was about 3/4 of the way down when it did. She needed just a few more feet. It did seem to me to be a rather short cliff to make such a jump but I have no experience. The margin for error seemed to be very small.
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