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Dear Base Jumpers,

The last months there have been close calls on basejumpers and flying helicopters. One of them was the 1st of Augustus 2007 with an Eiger Jump and a group of approx. 10 jumpers (Mushroom) according to the pilot (who has rescued lots of basejumpers and is really liking our sport). There was no phone call. On behalf of him and the Air Glaciers Helicopter Crew I was asked to post this message.

Call Air Glaciers Helicopter Service before your jump. ++41 3 8560560! Please do this each jump...every jump. Make it a part of your jumping procedure just like opening your parachute.

Also if you jump from the Mushroom, Gimmelwald (back in the valley)... and Isenfluh (at the beginning of the valley). Then helicopters will be notified by radio and will make way for us.

Also I had to say on behalf of the crew overhere.. Happy Jumps and thanks for the cooperation!

Kind regards,
Koos van Empel
Lauterbrunnen, Swiss.

I don't think it has ever been mentioned that you need to call Air Glacier before jumping The Mushroom/Eiger, or Gimmelwald for that matter, but now I know I will call.

Thanks for your Xtreme service anouncement Koos

the correct number ist :

+41 33 8 560 560

Gil

Thanks for the update Koos but like Jim said earlier, I too have never ever before heard that we should make a call to Air Glaciers when jumping from the Mushroom for example. It probably could be a good idea to take a map and mark the area which is AG's normal operational airspace and therefore a call from the exits inside that area should be made before jumping. As new exits are opened pretty regularly it would be much easier to have a area on a map than list all the exits where you need to make a call.

Is my memory correct in that the Isenfluh exit point is marked with an SBA sign and the sign doesn't have the normal "You must call..." text?

I didn't know about the requirement to call from outside the valley either.

This is correct from what I remember. Maybe it's time that all these sign's be reviewed and updated. There are also a couple of new exits on the nose that could do with these sign's. I think there also needs to be something to make people aware of the extra risks involved with jumping the these exits as I don't think they are as forgiving as some people think.

Jim

Youh,

even if there is no must to call we should respect Air Glaciers wish to call them prior to jump.

There could be a lot of reasons why helicopters are not on their usual airspace or routings.

At least it is also good for us if they know where we jump. It could be us who call them for rescue next ...

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M.

X-Dream, isn't it?

 

No.....

Were you not saying "thanks for the X-treme service announcement" to Koos because of his skydive operation? It is actually called Skydive X-Dream. See this link:

http://justjump.ch/english/main.html

Super nice guys, for the record.

Ummmm........ No......