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I don't understand very well the article but a translator said omkom = dead
http://www.rbnett.no/...TT08/334253923/1085#

Condolescence to friends and family
BSBD

Hey gabo, the guy wasnt brought down today, he fell several houndred meters before landing on a ledge. I'll leave the rest of the info to some actual basejumpers.

http://thenorwaymail.blogspot.com/...ase-jumper-dies.html

Could someone please PM me the name?

Thanks

The article says that this is a man from Trondheim, which is a city in Norway, other norwegian media report that it is a norwegian man in his 30s.

There was also a video of the rescue attempt on norwegian television, the man was still attached to his parachute when the rescue helicopter came, and he was blown off the ledge he was on.

I don't know anything more about the incident. Name is not released.

 
condolence to family and friends..

mother earth can be a bitch and she will always win...always, don`t push her...

did i get it right?
the helicopter downwash blow him from the ledge?

Yes.

http://www.tv2nyhetene.no/innenriks/article2203108.ece

(Scroll down for video).

That is correct, although he was already dead at this point.

The jumper died on impact at terminal velocity from the "StabbeWall" which is by the side of the "TrollWall" but still within the illegal zone. The jumper flew a wingsuit, and the reason for the fatality is not known but a stallout is a probability.
A rescue helicopter witch was sent up to get the body down generated a downdraft witch made the parachute catch air, and moved the body down to another ledge. A doctor in the helicopter concluded before the attempt that the jumper was dead, so a mountain rescue team was sent up today to secure the body and return it back down. The rescue is now at and end, and the body is sent to Trondheim for a standard autopsy.

The name of the jumper is known within the community, and is a man known under the alias "Tigern".

Fly free tiger, nothing but sad...

thx for clearing up....sad story

condulences to family and friends....

fly free...

Sad news.
Met him in 2004 and made some nice jumps on the way from Norway to Netherlands.
Fly free, Tigern.

Do you know approximately what the distance and height from the exit to the point of impact was? Is there any feature on this jump you need to outfly?