Javier Contreras

Javier Contreras

Date: January 9, 2018
Nationality: Venezuelan
Location: Via Ferrata, Switzerland
Object Type: Earth
COD: No Pull
Clothes / Suit: Wingsuit Sukhoi
Gear /Parachute: TBD
Age: 33
Skydive Experience: Intermediate
BASE Experience: Beginner
WS BASE Experience: TBD
Number of WS BASE Jumps from this exit: TBD
Years in Base: 3
Time of day: 10:00 am
Casual factors: TBD
Exit Altitude: TBD
Conditions: Good
Wind on ground: TBD
Wind on exit: TBD
Wind mid flight: TBD

Description:
The information that we have been given so far is that he flew a left line then turned back over the valley floor and never pulled.

GoPro footage shows him jumping from Via Ferrata good clean exit, nice flight, bit on the slow side.
Clearly shows a series of attempts to find and deploy the PC resulting in a failure to do so

If you have more information please get in touch.



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