Date: September 14 , 2010 Nationality: Canadian
Object Type: Earth
Location: High Nose, Lauterbrunnen, Switzerland
COD: Low Pull
Clothes / Suit: Wingsuit
Description:
William, a Canadian firefighter and experienced BASE jumper, went to the valley and made a jump from the high nose with his Vampire 3.
He opened with multiple line twists and ripped his zipper clean off getting free in a hurry but landed safely. With his V3 unusable he went to his Phantom 1.
His flight was fine but at pull time muscle memory had him reaching for a leg pouch as he always did when flying his V3.
After 2-3 feels he then remembered its a BOC when using the Phantom and finally pitches. As the lines came out he impacted the ground killing him instantly.
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