6
BASE seasons
654
BASE jumps
520
WS BASE jumps
600
Skydives
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WS skydives
Incident
- Incident category:
- BASE Fatality
- ID:
- BFL405
- Object:
- Earth
- Cause of death:
- Impact subterminal (near exit)
- Date:
- 12. 06. 2021
- Time:
- 08:15
- Exit point:
-
United States of America › lamoille canyon - Nevada › lamoille canyon
Other incidents at this location: BFL417
- Exit type:
- Short Start
Personal
- Name:
- Daniel Ristow
- Gender:
- Male
- Nationality:
- American
- Age:
- 24
- Experience:
- Intermediate
Equipment & Setup
- Canopy:
- Squirrel › Hayduke
- Canopy size:
- 250
- Container:
- Squirrel › CXUL
- Suit:
- Squirrel › Corvid
- Packing:
- Slider Up
- Deployment:
- BOC
Circumstances
- Weather:
- Winds light and variable
- Factors:
- Not enough forward seperation on exit Proximity flying Loss of speed-glide Altitude awareness
Description
After scouting about 5 different possible exit points the one that was chosen had considerable talus to clear into tight terrain. First jumper (steven mailloux) went first and barely cleared the talus. Second jumper( DFR) must have exited the cliff while first jumper was under canopy. He did not clear the talus . Impact on talus at the beginning of his WS BASE jump with no space for parachute deployment.
Conditions: calm, non-thermal updraft up the wall
Wind on exit:2-3 mph headwind
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