Daniel Ristow

BFL#: 405 (8th of the year)
Name: Daniel Ristow
Date: June 12, 2021
Nationality: American
Location: lamoille canyon,NV
Object: Earth (colossus area)
COD: impact on talus at start of WS flight
Suit: Corvid (cloud-lite)
Rig: CXUL-XL/ 250 hayduke
Age: 24
Skydive exp: 600+
Basejumps: 654
WSbase: 520
Years in base: 6
Time of day: approximately 8:15 am
Other factors: wrong exit point
Exit altitude: 10,200’
Conditions: calm, non-thermal updraft up the wall
Wind on exit: 2-3 mph headwind


Description:
After scouting about 5 different possible exit points the one that was chosen had considerable talus to clear into tight terrain. First jumper (Steven Mailloux) went first and barely cleared the talus. Second jumper( DFR) must have exited the cliff while first jumper was under canopy. He did not clear the talus . Impact on talus at the beginning of his WS BASE jump with no space for parachute deployment.

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