Tony Coombesy Coombes

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Incident

Incident category:: BASE Fatality
ID:: BFL99
Object:: Earth
Cause of death:: Impact in terminal freefall
Date:: 27. 05. 2006
Time:: —
Exit point:: Norway › Romsdalen › Labben
Other incidents at this location: BFL76, BFL126, BFL172, BFL188
Exit type:: Vertical

Personal

Name:: Tony Coombesy Coombes
Gender:: Male
Nationality:: Australian
Age:: —
Experience:: —

Equipment & Setup

Canopy:: —
Canopy size:: —
Container:: —
Suit:: Phoenix-Fly › Original Tracking suit two piece
Packing:: Slider Up
Deployment:: BOC

Circumstances

Weather:: Sunny Winds light and variable
Factors:: Proximity flying Emergency low pull Loss of speed-glide

Description

Witness reports say Coombesy was hung up on the wall with his canopy out at about 300 meters from the bottom. The jump was reported as a five way and Coombesy is known for flying close to the wall. Coombesy was a well known Australian BASE jumper and a Bloke's Bloke who had friends throughout the world. This is the seventh Trollveggen area fatality.