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Fatality Lauterbrunnen March 30 2012
Unfortunately there was a fatality today in Lauterbrunnen.

Police wrote:
Lauterbrunnen: Basejumper tödlich verunfallt

30. März 2012

pkb. Ein Basejumper ist am Freitagmorgen in Lauterbrunnen tödlich verunfallt. Er prallte gegen die Felswand und stürzte ab.




Am Freitag, 30. März 2012, um 1000 Uhr ging bei der Kantonspolizei Bern die Meldung ein, wonach in Lauterbrunnen ein Basejumper verunfallt sei.

Der 40-jährige Spanier begab sich gemeinsam mit zwei weiteren Personen zur Absprungstelle „High Nose“ auf der Mürrenfluh. Gemäss bisherigen Erkenntnissen drehte sich der Schirm bei der Öffnung, der Mann prallte gegen eine Felswand und stürzte in der Folge ab.

Die Rettungskräfte der Air Glacier mit dem Notarzt konnten den schwer verletzten Mann bergen. Er erlag jedoch noch während dem Flug ins Spital den erlittenen Verletzungen.

Regionale Staatsanwaltschaft Oberland
(ah)

Police: http://www.police.be.ch/...ertoedlichverunfallt

Media: http://www.bernerzeitung.ch/...ejump/story/18183810

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MBA-PATTO
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Re: [BASE_1007] Fatality Lauterbrunnen March 30 2012
BSBD
gauleyguide
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Re: [BASE_1007] Fatality Lauterbrunnen March 30 2012
BSBD
Svin
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Re: [BASE_1007] Fatality Lauterbrunnen March 30 2012
Via the media:

Google Translate

"On Friday at 10 clock was presented to the canton of Bern Police Department, the message was an accident that in Lauterbrunnen, a base jumper. The 40-year-old Spaniard went together with two other people to take-off point, "High Nose" on the Mürrenfluh. According to present knowledge had the screen shot at the opening, the man was slammed into a rock wall and then crashed.

The rescue of Air Glacier with the emergency physician could recover the badly injured man. He died while still a flight to the hospital his injuries."

Sounds like 180 with wall strike from High Nose.

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gauleyguide
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Re: [Svin] Fatality Lauterbrunnen March 30 2012
Is High Nose the jump that has the ledge/buldge just below the exit?
cloudtramp
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Re: [gauleyguide] Fatality Lauterbrunnen March 30 2012
In reply to:
Is High Nose the jump that has the ledge/buldge just below the exit?

No, but it does require tracking to clear ledges lower down.
avenfoto
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Re: [gauleyguide] Fatality Lauterbrunnen March 30 2012
High nose is the jump that eats the unprepared regularly.
MBA-PATTO
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Re: [avenfoto] Fatality Lauterbrunnen March 30 2012
You should rewrite that and just put in

The Valley eats those who think they are ready for it when they are truly in no way of even hiking to catch a cable car to the jugfrau for the top of the jungfrau railway..
Svin
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Re: [gauleyguide] Fatality Lauterbrunnen March 30 2012
High Nose has a lower ledge that requires at a minimum a decent track to clear. If you have a shit track and open 180 you right at the ledge moving super fast. Problem is.. it's a super easy jump to access and one of the tallest.

I have not jumped it, but the exit with the ramp and bulge near the top I believe is High Ultimate.

Again.. sorry to hear about the loss. :(
xnawakx
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Re: [Svin] Fatality Lauterbrunnen March 30 2012
I was there this week pretty sure I met him.

R.I.P. Frown
hannah77
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Re: [MBA-PATTO] Fatality Lauterbrunnen March 30 2012
MBA-PATTO wrote:
You should rewrite that and just put in

The Valley eats those who think they are ready for it when they are truly in no way of even hiking to catch a cable car to the jugfrau for the top of the jungfrau railway..

I am sure Charly was pretty well ready and capable to hike up to catch any cable car in the valley...
hannah77
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Re: [avenfoto] Fatality Lauterbrunnen March 30 2012
avenfoto wrote:
High nose is the jump that eats the unprepared regularly.
This is true.

It is such a sad loss Frown Charly was truly one of a kind, one of the nicest persons I've ever met, it was always a pleasure to meet him as he had the gift of making you happy. His smile will remain in the hearts of so many of us.
May he rest in peace
Couloirman
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Re: [gauleyguide] Fatality Lauterbrunnen March 30 2012
Im so sorry for the loss. BSBD.

gauleyguide wrote:
Is High Nose the jump that has the ledge/buldge just below the exit?

No, it is a 7 second rock drop on high nose to the big bulge. You're thinking high ultimate which is about 2 seconds to the first big bulge, and then about 10 seconds to the lower ledges.
gauleyguide
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Re: [Couloirman] Fatality Lauterbrunnen March 30 2012
High Ultimate is what I was thinking of.
6907
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Re: [gauleyguide] Fatality Lauterbrunnen March 30 2012
Here's a PDF overview from the exits in the valley and some infos.

http://www.basejumper.ch/...Valley_Jump_Info.pdf
gauleyguide
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Re: [6907] Fatality Lauterbrunnen March 30 2012
Preety interesting,Thanks!
stinkydragon
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Re: [MBA-PATTO] Fatality Lauterbrunnen March 30 2012
"The Valley eats those who think they are ready for it when they are truly in no way of even hiking to catch a cable car to the jugfrau for the top of the jungfrau railway.."

What an idiotic and poorly written comment.
robinheid
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Re: [stinkydragon] Fatality Lauterbrunnen March 30 2012
stinkydragon wrote:

Quoting MBA-PATTO: "The Valley eats those who think they are ready for it when they are truly in no way of even hiking to catch a cable car to the jugfrau for the top of the jungfrau railway.."

What an idiotic and poorly written comment.

C'mon, give the guy a break. English is not his native language; 'e's from Ozzz.

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Cool
snhughes
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Re: [6907] Fatality Lauterbrunnen March 30 2012
Nice!
Are these difficulty levels based on tracking with tracksuit or without?

Thanks.
Mikki_ZH
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Re: [snhughes] Fatality Lauterbrunnen March 30 2012
snhughes wrote:
Nice!
Are these difficulty levels based on tracking with tracksuit or without?

Thanks.

No, all jumps are based on tracking with tracking suit.

Michi, SBA
gahnananana
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Fatality Lauterbrunnen March 30 2012
BSBD
flyingbreizhou
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Re: [Mikki_ZH] Fatality Lauterbrunnen March 30 2012
 

No, all jumps are based on tracking with tracking suit."

The fact is that some people (not talking about this accident, i don t know the guy at all) start jumping with track pants, but track pants can lead you to a worst track that slick, if you are not used to; and when people are stable and gain distance, there is still a big difference between two people same weight/tall/shape.
So use trackpants as a toy, but not as something that make cliffs safer.
Seeya
maretus
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Re: [flyingbreizhou] Fatality Lauterbrunnen March 30 2012
flyingbreizhou wrote:

No, all jumps are based on tracking with tracking suit."

The fact is that some people (not talking about this accident, i don t know the guy at all) start jumping with track pants, but track pants can lead you to a worst track that slick, if you are not used to; and when people are stable and gain distance, there is still a big difference between two people same weight/tall/shape.
So use trackpants as a toy, but not as something that make cliffs safer.
Seeya

This is very highly true and we discussed this also in the Swiss BASE Association annual meeting last weekend. It is true what Michi said that generally the info provided is under the assumption that tracking gear is used AND the jumper has skill to use it. I highly agree that tracking gear (as any gear) does not make jumps safer, it is the person inside the suit that knows how to fly the gear is what makes things safer.

Play safe all!