Stephan Grossman

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Incident

Incident category:: BASE Fatality
ID:: BFL96
Object:: Earth
Cause of death:: Object strike under canopy
Date:: 15. 04. 2006
Time:: —
Exit point:: Switzerland › Lauterbrunnen › Nose 1
Other incidents at this location: BFL67, BFL82, BFL135
Exit type:: Vertical

Personal

Name:: Stephan Grossman
Gender:: Male
Nationality:: Swiss
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:: 180 Offheading Line twists

Description

Stephan had approximately 40 previous BASE jumps, with one being from this same cliff. The jump is stowed and slider up and he did a conservative delay and tracked before opening high over the talus. He then experienced an off heading opening and suffered a wall strike.Witness reports from the top say he should have had enough time to turn but maybe had line twists, or some other problem, not apparent from the top. Stephan was a locally well respected rigger and in the process of setting up a BASE school when this accident occurred. He leaves behind a wife and two children