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Air Glacier announced that they will not cover rescues of BASE Jumpers anymore.
Of course they will still rescue BASE Jumpers but the member card of Air Glacier will not cover the rescue costs anymore. The costs will have to be paid by the jumper or his insurance.
This means that you should not buy the membership cards of Air Glacier anymore!!!
We (SBA, Swiss BASE Association) only got this information 2 days ago, but the information has been confirmed by Air Glacier.
We will now start to see what we can do and check out if this is legal.
On the other side, REGA (http://www.rega.ch/en/start_en.aspx) will still cover BASE rescues.
Please buy the REGA Membership, and in case of shit happens, your rescue is covered. If you kiss a wall in Lauterbrunnen, Air Glacier will still scratch you out of the wall but REGA will pay for everything. The card also cost CHF 30.-- and is worth every cent.
We will keep you informed about any news regarding this matter.

Michi
Swiss BASE Association

let`s make it a sticky :)

What if I've already paid for cover for this year, and I'm going out again soon, thats shit if i/we have to shell out another 30 CHF...?!

another insurance card.....30 CHF

getting your ass out of a tree(or worse).....priceless!!!!

6 beer less drinks in the horner and your account is balanced....

cheap....thats great that you handlet thsat that way...nice

From Air Glaciers:

<<Basejumpers are no longer insured with the rescue card of the Air Glaciers SA for rescue flights and rescues by SAC mountain guides.
Therefore, we will no longer sell rescue cards for this purpose.>>

Please see this PDF File.

If you have questions or comments about this decision please contact Air Glaciers directly: agl@airglaciers.ch


So please become a REGA Patron.

Same Price: 30 CHF / 20 EUR , but BASE-Jumping is still covered.

REGA - Spokesman Gery Baumann: «Wir kennen kein Kleingedrucktes»

Even if Air Glaciers does the rescue, you are still covered with a REGA patronage.

It's easy:

REGA Website

Payments from abroad

Credit card payment



The closest REGA - heliport from Lauterbrunnen is Gsteigwiler.
It's halfway from Interlaken to Lauterbrunnen.

Heliport Gsteigwiler map

I'm sure it's possible to get the REGA patronage there.

So what's different now?
Except you get the card from another company, nothing.

If you need a heli rescue, call one of the following numbers:

1414 (swiss phones) or +41 333 333 333 (all phones) for REGA.

+41 338 560 560 for Air Glaciers.

It does not matter what company does the rescue, the Rega patronage covers you for both.

Please remember, you still have to call Air Glaciers before every jump in the Lauterbrunnen valley.


Thanks for your understanding

The Swiss BASE Association

And you can also do that like me:

I filled that form at the Horner Pub (they have those now)
and then went to Lauterbrunnen post office and payed that there... and thats it

-Tony Vilko- BASE818