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Incident
- Incident category:
- BASE Fatality
- ID:
- BFL270
- Object:
- Earth
- Cause of death:
- Impact in terminal freefall
- Date:
- 10. 09. 2015
- Time:
- —
- Exit point:
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Switzerland › Lauterbrunnen › Melchstuhl
Other incidents at this location: BFL124
- Exit type:
- Short Start
Personal
- Name:
- Dennis Valdez
- Gender:
- Male
- Nationality:
- American
- Age:
- —
- Experience:
- —
Equipment & Setup
- Canopy:
- —
- Canopy size:
- —
- Container:
- —
- Suit:
- Squirrel › Aura 1
- Packing:
- Slider Up
- Deployment:
- BOC
Circumstances
- Weather:
- Sunny Winds light and variable
- Factors:
- Proximity flying Loss of speed-glide
Description
The jumper in this fatality was part of a two way with the deceased jumping second only a few seconds after the first jumper.
Some hikers up there had seen the whole thing.
The jumper in question was lower than the first jumper and not flying as well/fast he came around a ledge and tried to clear it and hit the mountain side in full flight.
His canopy opened on impact, and flew down to the valley floor below by itself.
This information has come from people who were there...
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