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Not a BASE incident, but Eric was a BASE jumper. He made his first BASE jump at the Perrine in 2011 and attended Bridge Day in recent years.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/...liding-accident.html

Eric was someone who was almost a superhero in every aspect of life. Myself and one other friend took him up a big A in the desert on his first terminal jump. He joined me in Italy and did some amazing jumps at Brento. We partied at bridge day and did many jumps around Salt Lake. He came to visit in Japan and probably did the first ever speedflight on the island of Hokkaido.

1. He was wearing head gear but it was very minimal protection compared with more legitimate ski helmets etc.

2. He didn't heed to a warning from a more experienced speedflyer about a notorious zone where turbulence often lives.

This guy lived a life 30 times over what most people live. I hope we can all take his zest for life and thirst for seeing other cultures.

Yeah Eric definitely lived more than most people do in several life times. I always looked up to him and how he chose to accomplish so much in life. Super goodhearted guy and he was always positive and smiling and (insert almost any positive quality that someone could have). Wish I coulda jumped more with him.

Maybe not the place for it, but where is a good place to find incidents related to paragliding/speedflying.

I have minimal paragliding (P2) and speed flying experience, but it seems to me paragliders typically sweep incidents under the rug. I am not aware of places to find information about accidents ala DZ.com, Parachutist, or the BFL. I also didn't hear much about past incidents in my training.

I don't know about paragliding, but there's an SFL:

http://www.speed-flying.com/fatality-list

 trying to imagine where he had extreme turbulence there. does anybody have details about the run he took down POM? north or south? out of bounds?

Condolences