Walter Hilscher

Date: February 18, 2017
Nationality: German
Object Type: Earth
Location: Sass Pordoi, Dolomite, Italy
COD: Impacted (after exit)
Clothes / Suit: Wingsuit/ Aura 2
Gear / Parachute: TBD
Age: 56
Experience: Highly Experienced
BASE Experience: 2400
WS BASE: 1500+
Time of day: 4:30pm

Description:

Walter was the last to jump.
After exit he got very steep quite soon, flipped, tried to correct with some cork-screw turn.
Nothing out on impact.
Whether the steep flight was caused by slipping or something else is unknown. Exit was free of snow.

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