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WS skydives
Incident
- Incident category:
- BASE Fatality
- ID:
- BFL523
- Object:
- Earth
- Cause of death:
- Impact in terminal freefall
- Date:
- 15. 08. 2025
- Time:
- 12:25
- Exit point:
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Switzerland › Grindelwald › Eiger South
Other incidents at this location: BRFKH
- Exit type:
- Vertical
Personal
- Name:
- Michael Ris
- Gender:
- Male
- Nationality:
- Swiss
- Age:
- 34
- Experience:
- Intermediate
Equipment & Setup
- Canopy:
- —
- Canopy size:
- —
- Container:
- —
- Suit:
- Squirrel › Aura 5 ultra light
- Packing:
- Slider Up
- Deployment:
- BOC
Circumstances
- Weather:
- Sunny Winds light and variable
- Factors:
- Extracted Pilot Chute too late Altitude awareness
Description
They were 4 in total. Michael jumped first, followed by another jumper. The person right after him explained that Michael didn’t have enough speed. He had to decide to continue his own line and lost sight of Michael. It seems Michael impacted the glacier.
https://www.police.be.ch/fr/start.html?newsID=9fe2b7e6-db5b-42e0-a7e9-e90cbe1fc83a
The below link is of the jump from another persons video a few years back
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WdT8C3dyurc
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