5
BASE seasons
400
BASE jumps
400
WS BASE jumps
1700
Skydives
1400
WS skydives
Incident
- Incident category:
- BASE Fatality
- ID:
- BFL376
- Object:
- Earth
- Cause of death:
- Impact subterminal (near exit)
- Date:
- 03. 09. 2019
- Time:
- 09:15
- Exit point:
-
Switzerland › Walenstadt › High trench line
Other incidents at this location: BFL439
- Exit type:
- Short Start
Personal
- Name:
- Eric Hallan
- Gender:
- Male
- Nationality:
- American
- Age:
- 34
- Experience:
- —
Equipment & Setup
- Canopy:
- Bad Seed BASE › Mayhem
- Canopy size:
- —
- Container:
- Bad Seed BASE › Paradox
- Suit:
- Squirrel › Freak 2
- Packing:
- Slider Up
- Deployment:
- BOC
Circumstances
- Weather:
- Sunny Winds light and variable
- Factors:
- Unstable exit Clipped ledge after exiting Burble from other jumper
Description
Eric had been jumping this exit for the last few days with another jumper and this was a planned two way like many before, the jumper in front landed but never saw Eric the entire jump police and rescue were called. Eric impacted the first ledge 5 sec down. He hit head first we recovered glasses and helmet parts on the second ledge . At this point his canopy was half out and he proceeded to hit 2-3 more ledges before coming to a rest in a boulder field wrapped up in his canopy.1 pin was in and PC was stowed .
No camera footage is salvageable because of the head first impact. His initial impact was 8-12 feet away from the sheer wall. This leads me to believe he had a bad exit from the wet grass and his feet went over his head putting him in a front flip / Full scorpion
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