Alberto Winckelmann

Alberto was put in contact with me through some mutual friends, we only met in person on the morning of the jump. I don’t know his exact jump number stats but it was obvious he had been in the sport 25+ years and had a lot of BASE and skydiving experience.
It’s an exit I know well, it was Alberto’s first time. Most people wingsuit this exit, it’s also been done slider down many times. Alberto said he wasn’t very wingsuit current so he would go slider down.
Conditions at exit were perfect, zero wind. He did a gainer, I missed the exit on my video but from my memory he looked solid and symmetrical. I got him on video from his opening, he had a 180 degree off heading opening to the left, he hit the wall less than a second after opening, from this moment onwards I saw no evidence of any control input, so I’m guessing he was unconscious from the first hit, he had 30 seconds of canopy time, he hit the wall multiple times, I counted 9 impacts, the entire canopy ride he was facing the wall, he came to a stop on the wall just above the talus, about 300 meters below the exit. A helicopter rescue was called but aborted due to the difficult position he was in. It took a rescue team more than 4 hours to get to him on foot. He was dead when they reached him.
This exit has an impressive purpose built BASE ramp, I believe this puts people into a false sense of security, it’s a slightly positive wall, and the remoteness and steepness of the terrain made this rescue attempt very slow.

Other Factors - Skydiving Helmet used

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5Wy8GG9QoM
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