Steffen Strobel

German

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Incident

Incident category:: BASE Fatality
ID:: BFL210
Object:: Earth
Cause of death:: Impact in terminal freefall
Date:: 25. 07. 2013
Time:: —
Exit point:: France › Chamonix › Brevent
Other incidents at this location: BFL189, BFL219, BFL239, BFL271, BFL276, BFL290, BFL295, BFL304
Exit type:: Short Start

Personal

Name:: Steffen Strobel
Gender:: Male
Nationality:: German
Age:: —
Experience:: —

Equipment & Setup

Canopy:: —
Canopy size:: —
Container:: —
Suit:: Phoenix-Fly › Vampire 4
Packing:: Slider Up
Deployment:: BOC

Circumstances

Weather:: Winds light and variable
Factors:: Proximity flying Emergency low pull Loss of speed-glide Anabatic air flow

Description

This jump was his fourth jump of the day, On this jump he was flying very low to make the first turn and after the turn He had put himself down too low to enable him to fly out safely of the gates clipping an outcrop and flipping him upside down, He managed to pull his Pc but impacted on talus with nothing but full inflated PC ...

Please remember that this jump Is an Advanced wing suit jump and that all fatalities have been known to happen in the afternoon when the Airflow has changed and cold air has moved into the valley...