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Belgium BASE-Jumper. Sad news - still alive. However, in bad conditions. Wishing him all the best and fast healing. Press releases unfortunately in German language only.

https://www.welt.de/...t-sich-zu-spaet.html

http://www.badische-zeitung.de/...ecke--132937052.html

Word on the street is that he's a beginner that "forgot" he was packed slider-up. Apparently he was the only one jumping.

Broken legs, collapsed lung, couple broken ribs.

Here's to best wishes for a speedy recovery. As far as I know there's a few bridges in the area, but none that are much higher than 50 to 60 meters.

post from tar&feather base (facebook):

In Belgium, there is a potential killer acting as "Mentor",
If you know this guy, or if you have been told to contact him to start base jumping, avoid this guy and expose this man around you.
Gino Verschueren

A few days ago he took a beginner to a 36m bridge to do a Static line.
The poor student is now at the hospital, in bad shape because the last pack job that he checked from his student was slider up. They forgot it and didn't check before jumping.

It s not his first attempt ...
He didn't hesitate to tell a student that after a few jumps there is no problem jumping Perkele in Lauterbrunnen SLICK. He told this student everybody jumps it slick. Just cause he's to lazy to walk the hikes.

Same goes in italy, he takes 2 Belgian beginners (that didn't start with Gino but had less then 50jumps in base) waring a 2piece tracksuit to go jump the exit "happy birthday" (when you look at brento from the landing, on the left, a beatiful positive exit ....) about 200m rockdrop 6seconds till impact

This dude claims to have 20years of experience in base and is liked in his dropzone.
If you know some people who have planned to go with him, save their life and show them this.

I am pretty sure these 3 things are just a fraction of what he is capable of, so help to prevent some death if you can, by sharing this.
The biggest problem is, for all mentioned above he thinks he didn't do anything wrong.

Here below a picture of the static line jump slider up and a video of the perkele jump slick.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88WRbdERx8Y

http://www.hln.be/...e-videobeelden.dhtml
Video of the accident

Video from different angle: slider up is clearly visible

http://www.telegraaf.nl/tv/nieuws/buitenland/27574397/__Basejump_gaat_gruwelijk_mis__.html

Get well soon...

We received an Info, that the jumper has not been a "beginner".
It was mentioned that he had around 40 low jumps and jumped that bridge before last year.
He was asking for assistance in static this jump and received it.
The gear was his own, packed for a (cancelled) helijump, slider up ... what he forgot(?).

Can someone perhaps confirm the experience level of that jumper?
or the whole story?

Might put a different view to that special incident ...
Nevertheless, know what you are going to do and know your setup ...