We arrived at the exit at 9:30 and conditions were optimal. We took our time gearing up and I discussed my flight path with Alex. He was unsure if he would take the left or right line, and opted to jump after me, offering to film my exit. As we made our way down to the exit he told me he'd be a bit behind me as he still had not decided which line to fly. I had a safe jump and landing and waited in the LZ. I was unable to have a clear visual of the exit or of the lines he would have flown.

I waited for ten minutes before becoming concerned, gave it another five, and decided it was too long for him to be waiting on the exit. There was minimal cell reception on exit and none in the LZ so I drove ten minutes down the road and called him: it rang but no answer which told me that he was no longer on exit but not far enough down to be out of cell reception. I called search and rescue immediately. At this time there is no footage to verify the cause of death, but based on previous flights and the location of his body we can assume he impacted mid flight after a very committing and aggressive turn into a drainage.

Alex had opened up several big wingsuit jumps in this area in the past few years and had big plans of opening more. He flew these jumps with commitment and intensity and recognized that pushing further would be unsustainable. He talked constantly of the potential here and his passion for exploration in the mountains and opening exits. His last week of life was spent enjoying the fruits of his labour: flying wingsuits in the mountains with friends.
He will be extraordinarily missed, and I'm sorry for those of you who are learning of this now on a fucking facebook page.
Though it breaks my heart to write this, I am eternally grateful to have had these last precious days and moments with Alex.

**Things I've thought about:

-we should have each clarified our flight plan with each other prior to exit

-we should have had radios; had I known when he was jumping I could have wasted less time wondering

-if I had binoculars in my van I could have seen him on the exit or where he came to rest, giving me more detailed information to pass to SAR