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Hello, we tried to figure out as many details as possible, for us and for his family but everything is assumptions, the real truth we will never know, but we really think this is the closest to what could have happened to Luis.
First of all, we thought Luis had a 180 with a cliff strike to the ground. While checking the rig we realized toggles were still in break mode, never released. And we could see there was one toggle in shallow mode and another one in deep mode, so one more reason to contribute and emphasize a possible offheading. It was also his first jump after 3 years of not jumping, so other possibilities like unstable position, etc were also in our minds.
We could then speak to the two people that witnessed the accident, and it is when we realized by what they explained that Luis never jumped from the real exit. He was 20 meters on the right (facing the cliff). Luis sent us a picture while he was gearing up, and it confirms that he jumped from a place where no exit was possible. Our conclusion is that Luis in fact never jumped but fell while checking this new exit point. From the top you don’t see the big ledge, but if you climb down a couple of meters of unstable terrain, then you realize there is a big ledge 30 meters down below, very difficult to jump over even with a strong push. We believe he went down to check and for an unknown reason he fell and so as a last resort he tried to push and jump while pitching the PC asap. He impacted in the ledge while the parachute was not yet fully deployed.
We know how important it is to triple check your pack job, and to take all security measures as much as possible when opening a new exit even if you feel comfortable walking on the edge of a cliff. Once more this proves that all measures are not enough and that we all make mistakes.
Although link says paraglider this was a base jumping death.
https://www.lavanguardia.com/.../hombre-muere-haciendo...
https://aesbase.miraheze.org/wiki/Torre_Roja...