Alberto Winckelmann

Alberto Winckelmann

BFL# :421 (2nd of the year)

Name: Alberto Winckelmann
Date: 22 Feb 2022
Nationality: Venezuela
Location: The Classic exit, Jebal Jais, Ras Al Khaimah, UAE
Object Type: Earth
COD: 180 opening / cliff strike
Clothes / Suit: slick
Gear / Parachute: Unknown Velcro container, unknown parachute
Age: 55
Skydive Experience: 25+ years
BASE Jumps: Unknown
WS BASE Experience: Unknown
Years/Seasons in Base: Unknown
Time of day: 10:15 AM
Other factors: Skydiving Helmet used
Exit Altitude: 1,280 meters
Conditions: good conditions
Wind on exit: almost nothing


Description:
Alberto was put in contact with me through some mutual friends, we only met in person on the morning of the jump. I don’t know his exact jump number stats but it was obvious he had been in the sport 25+ years and had a lot of BASE and skydiving experience.
It’s an exit I know well, it was Alberto's first time. Most people wingsuit this exit, it’s also been done slider down many times. Alberto said he wasn’t very wingsuit current so he would go slider down.
Conditions at exit were perfect, zero wind. He did a gainer, I missed the exit on my video but from my memory he looked solid and symmetrical. I got him on video from his opening, he had a 180 degree off heading opening to the left, he hit the wall less than a second after opening, from this moment onwards I saw no evidence of any control input, so I’m guessing he was unconscious from the first hit, he had 30 seconds of canopy time, he hit the wall multiple times, I counted 9 impacts, the entire canopy ride he was facing the wall, he came to a stop on the wall just above the talus, about 300 meters below the exit. A helicopter rescue was called but aborted due to the difficult position he was in. It took a rescue team more than 4 hours to get to him on foot. He was dead when they reached him.
This exit has an impressive purpose built BASE ramp, I believe this puts people into a false sense of security, it’s a slightly positive wall, and the remoteness and steepness of the terrain made this rescue attempt very slow.

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