Chris Nielsen

Chris Nielson

BFL# 436 (17th of the year)
Name: Chris Nielsen
Date: 20th July, 2022
Nationality: Canadian
Location: Parriot Mesa, south exit
Object Type: Earth
COD: Wall strike
Clothes/Suit: Slick, shorts and t shirt
Gear/Parachute: Hayduke 230, crux, 42” snatch
Wing loading: Roughly .87
Age: 33
Skydive Experience: 6,000 jumps, affi, Ti
BASE Jumps: 450
WS Base: 5
Years/Seasons: 6 seasons
Time of day: 9.30am
Other factors: Thermal - Overloading gear and winds up the face
Exit Altitude: 350’ to impact
Conditions: Clear and sunny 90F
Winds: Variable 0-5 kts
Description:
He did a tweener and opened up 140 right, half a line twist, heading towards a dihedral (inverted corner) on the wall. Visibly no attempt (or time) to correct heading before hitting the wall and losing consciousness. Parachute flew unpiloted, one more major impact with another dihedral, then impact with talus.
Please note
Probably worth stating, Chris's wing loading was roughly .87

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