Henrik Langli

Date: July 28, 2018
Nationality: Norwegian
Location: Sunndal, Støggveggen, Norway
Object Type: Earth
COD: TBD
Clothes / Suit: Wingsuit
Gear /Parachute: Freak 2
Age: 33
Skydive Experience: 800+
BASE Experience: 300
WS BASE Experience: 270
Number of WS BASE Jumps from this exit: TBD
Years in Base: 4 years
Time of day: 2:30pm
Causal factors: TBD
Exit Altitude: 900 metres
Conditions: TBD
Wind on ground: TBD
Wind on exit: TBD
Wind mid flight: TBD

Description:
It is breaking my heart to write this.
We were four jumpers on a two days trip to Litldalen.
First day we jumped Hårstadnebba. Second day we hiked to Styggveggen, short hike on 6-7km, mostly flat terrain. Exit altitude at 1200 m and landing at 250m. I jumped first, landing as planned on the river delta just below and left to the exit, by the car. It was some wind out the valley, but ok. Second jumper in a one piece landed at the same place as me.
Third jumper and Henrik had a good plan for their ws jump together. Due to the wind and probable turbulence, Henrik said they should keep more distance to the wall.
From where I was standing I could see the whole flight. Good exit before they turned down the valley with good space to the wall at all times.
They picked a big open dry sandy river delta (Litlvatnet) as landing area. When turning left out over the landing, altitude 200-250m, I can see third jumper flare, same time he pitches I see Henrik flare but no parachute is coming.
Drove quickly down, searched and found him a bit from the road. No pilot out. Nothing we could do.
He jumped 10+ jumps in a track suit with his new LD4 container in Brento this spring.
Then he went to skydive the freak2, some 30 + jumps.
New equipment for the season, but definitely did the steps before BASE. Previous season he flew Sukhoi and mainly Strix. It seems like the rig was the biggest change.
The evening before he told me that he had to change his pulling procedure with the new gear; he normally found his pilot chute fast, but then used 1.5sec to adjust his body before pitching. This was his way to tell that something wasn’t all good, uncomfortable and he was probably unsure.
If we had looked at his video this evening from the jump from Hårstadnebba, we’ve seen it.
Exit and pull time is our most critical moments. Even if you have new equipment, it doesn’t mean that you should accept changes to your pulling procedure and just get used to them. If you feel unsure on just a small little thing, ask someone! Tell someone, show a video and discuss the problem. Find a solution, either on technique or change of hardware or both.

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