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Hi Everyone,

Someone tipped me off to a BASE fatality that occurred back in 2001 that I didn't have on the List.

I managed to find a jumper who was on the load, and he turned out to be the Mentor of the deceased jumper.

All names are withheld in this, as it appears there are probably legal ramifications. I've inserted this one into the List as #56. While I don't find any fault on the mentors' part in this, it goes to illustrate the responsibility involved, and the price one can ultimately pay when teaching others to BASE jump, and I thank this Mentor for his candor.

This takes the List to number 85.

I've also added the names of the three BASE jumpers who died outside the sport in the bottom section. These are Gerald Striegel, Chris Martin, and Cludio Ceroni.

We are about eleven months away from a BASE fatality free year, come on, I know we can do it . . .

NickD
BASE 194
http://www.basefatalities.info/

I just checked my gear,again a full inspection of a packed rig,for the cause.
play safe
~J

i'm curious
what might you have found during your gear inspection that may have prevented an occurance such as happened in P.R.?

not giving you sht, i'm just a bit confused?

be safe

kleggo

Nothing I can think of,I just thought it would be a good idea to give everything a good once over since I havent in a while. (All the stuff they made me do in AFF every jump...check the farteners for cracks,no abrasions...)
like Nick said..."We've only got 11 months left..."
~J

be safe

kleggo

WTF!!!??? What the heck are fartners? Please tell me where they are on my rig because I never even knew I had them. Obviously since I was unaware of their existance, they've never been checked.

Help!

no, you check the cracks for farteners...oops
~J

Hey Nick, On the list there is a name that is mentioned twice.....Gerald Striegel. I think its a typeO.........

Thank you for all you do!

>>Hey Nick, On the list there is a name that is mentioned twice.....Gerald Striegel. I think its a typeO.........<<

Yikes . . .

Nobody, I'm sure, deserves to be on the List twice.

I fixed it, thanks Brother.

NickD
BASE 194

They're what you get from a productive fart.
-Josh

No one deserves to be on the list twice except Slim. "I'm dead...oh wait, no I'm not!......ok, maybe I am after all."