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Jumper found injured under the Holmenkollen ski-jump last night. Declared dead by paramedics shortly after. Found by himself. Police has released no info as of now.





"(Dagbladet): One person died after what was probably a failed attempt at a base jumping in Holmenkollen in Oslo Sunday night.

- We received a phone call at half past ten, learning that there was a person injured on the ground. Upon arrival it was found a person below the tower, said operations manager André Kråkenes the Oslo police told Dagbladet.

- Information on the site indicate that there has been a failed BASE. At 21.54. we confirmed that there was a death.

Crime Guard is on site, and police are working to gather information from witnesses.

- We have no witnesses to the accident. There were passers-by who came across the person, and they questioned now, says police leader on the scene, Hilde Grøtterud.

She will not go out with personal details of the deceased. It is therefore unclear whether it is a man or woman. Technicians are now investigating the surrounding area, and up in the ski jump tower.

- We would like to have contact with witnesses who may have seen what happened. These can contact the police on telephone 02800, says Grøtterud.

Police will not say if they found a parachute in relation to the deceased, but said that they build theory of a failed BASE on findings at the site. "

 
http://www.vg.no/nyheter/innenriks/person-omkom-i-basehoppulykke-i-holmenkollbakken/a/23285694/

Google translate: "Person dead after unsuccessful base jumping at Holmenkollen - Passersby discovered jumper.

(Dagbladet): One person died after what was probably a failed attempt at a base jumping in Holmenkollen in Oslo Sunday night.

- We received a phone call at half past ten from the panel, who had learned that there was a person injured on the ground. Upon arrival it was found a person below the tower, said operations manager André Kråkenes the Oslo police told Dagbladet.
- Information on the site indicate that there has been a failed BASE. At 21.54. we confirmed that there was a death.

Crime Guard is on site, and police are working to gather information from witnesses.

- We have no witnesses to the accident. There were passers-by who came across the person, and they questioned now, says police leader on the scene, Hilde Grøtterud.

She will not go out with personal details of the deceased. It is therefore unclear whether it is a man or woman. Technicians are now investigating the surrounding area, and up in the ski jump tower.

- We would like to have contact with witnesses who may have seen what happened. These can contact the police on telephone 02800, says Grøtterud.

Police will not say if they found a parachute in relation to the deceased, but said that they build theory of a failed BASE on findings at the site"

As far I know, this is not a confirmed basejump accident yet. Police have not confirmet, and the medie speculate in it could be base related. Nobody I know, know anyone or know what happend.

So hopefully this is not base related.

Unfortunately, i think its now confirmed:

From todays Aftenposten:
- Holmenkollen is a suitable place for base jumping

On Sunday night, lost a base jumper life in Holmenkollen. From the top of Holmenkollen hill and down to the ground is 64 meters - and although many would argue that it seems crazy to jump out, even though it is equipped with a parachute, watching experienced base jumpers otherwise.

Low risk

- Holmenkollen Ski Jump is a suitable place for base jumping. There is good height, it's good landing conditions and there is an overhang, which means there is no risk to get caught up in something, says André Bach in Oslo Base.

He says that base jumpers have fallen from the tower in Holmenkollen least a hundred times over the years. On Youtube there are several clips of jumping from just Holmenkollen.

Oslo Base is a club for base jumpers, but the environment in the capital is not large:

- I think it's fair to say that there are fewer than ten active base jumpers in Oslo. Now one of us passed away, the man who died was with with us, says Bach.

He will not say anything more about the specific incident, now being investigated by police. It is not stated whether the man who died alone or together with other when the accident happened.

Police would not comment on Sunday's accident specifically, but says to Osloby that they generally do not experience base jumping in Oslo as a major problem. It is basically not allowed to jump in Oslo.

Going to the mountains

- Base Activity in Oslo was very big for ten, fifteen years ago, but is now much less. We were no more, but we jumped much more in Oslo, from all places that was high enough, says Bach.


Someone put a red ribbon in heart shape at the place jumper died. On the ribbon reads "Oslo Base".
PHOTO: Rolf Ohman

- Since the sport has evolved and is practiced in this country to a much greater extent in the mountains. The lowest height I jumped from the 36 meters, and so much further down should probably not go. In Oslo we found buildings, cranes, towers - many places that were fine to jump from.
- And Holmenkollbakken?

- Yes, it was popular precisely because it was a lavrisikosted. How many jumps are made is hard to say since this is a disorganized activity, but the number is certainly three-digit. I do not know that it has ever gone wrong. Until now, says Bach, who was about to apply to make a film about base jumping in Holmenkollen when the accident happened.

Do not prohibited

According to him there are three places in Norway where it is forbidden by law to jump: Troll Wall massif, and a couple of bridges in Telemark.


A base jumper leaps from what was then called the Radisson SAS Plaza Hotel in Oslo in 2003, some years allowed the hotel base jumping once a year, but it came to an end after a hopper was injured in 2004.
PHOTO: Radisson SAS / Scanpix

- In many places, as in Holmenkollen, only to go up. In some places, we meet private law prohibition in the form of trespassing signs, says Bach, who emphasizes that base jumpers simply is not suicidal.
- On the contrary. All base jumpers I know are very spirited. By skipping we seek not death, we live life, and we do it in a kind of potency. But this time it went wrong and when the consequences are huge, said Bach.

Inactive and sign

Deputy Secretary General of the Federation for Steinar Eidaker are not aware that base jumping has been a problem in Holmenkollen ski jump. This despite the fact that several Youtube videos documenting that base jumpers are caught red-handed in Holmenkollen, and the guards tried to fend off the jumps.

- The only case I know of, four people jumped under femmila the World Cup in 2011 also goes well any such activity at times when we are not present and there is no activity on the ground.

Holmenkollen Ski Jump is secured with fences and locked gates and the area is marked with trespassing signs.

- But that's not the people who absolutely want in, say Eidaker.