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Walden

Walden Grindle

SFFL: 36
Date:
September 22, 2013
Nationality: Unknown
Location: Mount St. Helena, Sonoma, CA USA
COD: Impact / Proximity Flying
Ground Launching or Skiing: Ground Launching
Wing Type: Swing Spitfire (???) - ??m²
Wing loading: Unknown
Age: 35
Experience: Unknown
Beacon/Locator/Etc (Spot, inReach, Recco, GPS): Unknown

Description:

A 35-year-old Napa County man died after he launched off the 1323-metre peak Mount St. Helena and crashed at about 12:40 pm. After the crash he made a call to report that he was injured and that he had possibly broken his hip. He also activated an emergency beacon that notified the GEOS International Emergency Response Coordination Centre. He was found at about 1:10 pm. Napa County Sheriff's Captain Leroy Anderson said he believed that he had glided around the edge of the mountain before colliding with a protruding rock saying "He probably just misjudged how close he was to the rock formation ?" He was an experienced BASE jumper and there was no indication of equipment failure.

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-n...e-dies-2297102
http://www.pressdemocrat.com/csp/med...id=555&fid=181



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