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Tom Eric Heimen made a post on Facebook today bidding a sad farewell to wingsuit base jumper Petter Bergsjø. Not sure of any details at this point.

Was not a base death, from what i was told..

BSBD

If anyone has any details, can you PM me, please?

I remember the first time I met Petter, he introduced himself by saying something like "I'm not a people person, and most people don't like me." Despite, or perhaps because of, that, I liked him.


I'm going to move this thread into the BSBD forum.

I remember Petter when he had the knickname "Rudest Motherfucker in the Valley". He was very blunt to say the least, but once you got past that, he was a top bloke. I remember filming him doing the first wingsuit fly back from Smellvegan to the White House camping area around 2003.

He will be missed.

I met Petter at Heliboogie, he did some amazing flights - crossing the Fjord from exit 6 and Smell. Good guy, very competitive but in a good way. Fly free.

Petter told me to stick up for myself when Robi was getting bossy at the top of the WBR course. He had a reputation as abrasive, but saw that I was totally green and went out of his way to help me out.

Please if you have pictures, or something to share, make a post "In Memory of Petter Bergsjø" page if you have a FB account!

http://www.facebook.com/...sjø/116339985115702

BSBD Fly free mate

A great bloke. So many fond memories and sad we'll never meet again.

Does anyone know how/why/what happened?

Max

Google translation: Our deep-missing son, our good brother, brother, uncle and friend. Petter Bergsjø. Born 25 September 1973, chose to leave us Oslo 22 April 2011. High, you were loved. Deeply you will be missed.

http://www.facebook.com/...p;type=1&theater