Valentino Ventori

Italian

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BFL52 BFL54

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BASE jumps

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WS BASE jumps

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Skydives

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WS skydives

Incident

Incident category:: BASE Fatality
ID:: BFL53
Object:: Earth
Cause of death:: Impact in terminal freefall
Date:: 05. 08. 2000
Time:: —
Exit point:: Norway › Lysefjorden › Exit 6
Other incidents at this location: BFL36, BFL44, BFL47, BFL52, BFL65, BFL92, BFL153, BFL192, BFL342
Exit type:: Overhang

Personal

Name:: Valentino Ventori
Gender:: Male
Nationality:: Italian
Age:: —
Experience:: —

Equipment & Setup

Canopy:: —
Canopy size:: —
Container:: —
Suit:: Everyday Clothing worn › Slick
Packing:: Slider Up
Deployment:: BOC

Circumstances

Weather:: Winds light and variable
Factors:: Unstable exit

Description

This jumper launched unstable and remained so all the way to impact. It is reported this jumper is offered instruction prior to the jump and that he refused it.

This fatality and Stina_Ulla_Ostberg Ostberg's fatality (July 29, 1997) are eerily similar down to the same impact point.