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  2. Hi Hajo ;)

    Well actually we thought we had it all figured out between wingsuiters and pilots after several previous incidents. But all these incidents were longer into the jumps, not at exit. And never in my wildest dreams would I have thought it possible to end up in front of the aircraft two sec after exit.


    Hajo

    Hey Micke, you old Bautasten ...,

    just imagine you have been in that plane (Porter roll).
    You know that the exit is on the other side ....

    Pic was shot from a freeflyer who was last out to make a pic from the Porter ... usually he does a sit exit like on the white Porter pic.
    He showed it to the blue Porter pilot and he added some more ..

    For your case, talking to pilots before something like that is always a good idea.....

  3. Here's a story that happened to me a couple of years back. I’ve been reluctant to post it since it sounds a bit… unlikely. I have never in my wildest imagination thought something like this could happen. One lesson to take away from this is that we cannot imagine everything that can, and will, happen. Shit definitely happens.

    I was jumping alone from our DZ's DeHavilland Beaver. Plan was to start flying 45 degrees off line of flight. I did a bad exit, a little headlow and turned into line of flight. I glanced over my shoulder to see where the aircraft was and saw it aiming directly towards me. The prop was huge and close and I thought I would collide with the prop or wing. At this point I didn't reflect over why I was infront of the plane, I was just surprised and sure it was going to hurt. Luckily I flew over the wing and the rest of the freefall.... well, I can't remember anything of it.

    As it turned out the pilot put the plane on a step dive at the same time as I exited. This killed some of his forward speed while I probably gained, or at least kept, my forward speed when I f-cked up my exit. The pilot saw me briefly in front of the plane and too was sure I was going to hit the wing. He said I passed over the outer edge of the wing.

    After this incident it was decided that whenever wingsuits are jumping last, the pilots must continue for 10 sec on heading and level before descending.

    Has anyone ever heard about something similar to this?

    /Micke

  5. That's a nice one ;)
    It's from 2001. Per jumped the french suit, one of the first sold. At 400m he provoked a linetwist with a spin. He used both hands to cutaway, it was hard to chop. Then the reservhandle went into the suit making for a low deployment.

    I saw it from the ground. It looked interesting. Per was really happy when he got back, kind of high B|, and spent next 30 min with the jump leader who wanted him grounded for the remaining of the day....

    Micke
    Member of Team Bautasten

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    Lucky man!!!
    Are you working in Paradise??? B|



    No, I'm working in HELL. I don't dare make any jumps here, don't want to get thrown out of the country. Can you imagine waken up each morning, and on your way to the kitchen walk by a perfectly good 400ft exit? I use the mantra, "I'm not a BASE jumper... I'm not a BASE jumper... I'm not...". At least the rig is packed, just in case... you know, there could be a fire. :)

    /Micke
    Team Bautasten of Sweden

  10. When I woke up this morning, this is the view that greeted me. I'm not sure why I didn't jump to work, no one would have seen it. But.... it was a nice morning anyway B|

    /Micke N
    Team Bautasten of Sweden

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    Oh, how I would love to huck a WS from a 2600 ft. building... think I'll dream about it tonight.



    I moved to Dubai a week ago and all I can say is...... IT SUCKS!!! Seeing all these cool high buildings and not being able to jump them is just hell [:/] Getting caught would probably result in a one-way-ticket out of the country. So I say..... forget Dubai!

    :ph34r:

    Micke N
    Team Bautasten of Sweden

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    One thing to consider. Climbing out is not a very good idea during the winter. The cliff face is covered in ice and slipping off would really suck. Hiking out is the best option and checking out the frozen waterfalls in the winter is awesome. B|

    Bryan



    How long, in terms of minutes, is the hike out?

    /Micke
    Team Bautasten

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    Note: only replying to the last post...

    Please explain to a European what this EFS is.
    I found out in this thread that it means Eat Fuck Skydive.
    But I don't get how it's done. Do you shout EFS when you toast or do you actually try to do it and pretend to fuck and skydive while eating?
    And do you have to make funny faces while doing it? And is there a special EFS handshake?
    And why is there no EFBASE thing?
    Please explain.



    HA HA!!! Priceless Mikki!! :ph34r:

    /Micke
    Team Bautasten

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    My first 130 jumps off Kjerag...

    Coming back to the thread.



    Point is, just because some equipment is not BASE specific doesn't mean you can't, or shouldn't, jump it. I wouldn't jump a big cliff with a Sabre, no, but that's not because it can't be done relatively "safe" (supertrack, pull a little higher to leave room for reserve), but because I choose to jump more suitable equipment.

    "MyTwoCents: It's a grey area, and the second we stop this guy, we hand others the right to stop us."

    Agree!

    /Micke
    Team Bautasten

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    and it was not the first one who jumped with skydiving equipment...
    take a look on the continuum 1 DVD... italy section...:P
    ...and surely not the last....[:/]
    anyway....



    Well, I would never say skydiving gear is as well suited for bigwalls as BASE-specific equipment, but.....

    My first 130 jumps off Kjerag was with a modified skydiverigg and Raven 4 packed in a bag. Not a single linetwist. Than I got "safe", got me a BASE canopy and a BASE rigg, clamps, and a hell-of-a-lot neater packjob.... and now I enjoy a few linetwists every year.

    I miss the old Kjerag. Let us bring back the old gear, and put Tracy in the boat. Let's go retro in 2007! ;-)

    /Micke
    Team Bautasten

  19. Another piece of evidence?

    While exploring some "not so public" files in a "not so public" institution I found this piece of documentation. Does he really exist? Is he a terrorist, a threat to the western society? Or is he just a secret hero that the Administration wants to get rid of? IS THE SUPERSWEDE FOR REAL? You'll be the judge...

    www.kjerag-it.com/files/CIA_files.wmv

    /Micke
    Team Bautasten

  20. Nice one! But, as usual it's the lame look-at-me-I'm-so-fokking-cool image. Here in Sweden it's been presented as "the first jump ever from Turning Torso". Well, us locals know the real history of that building :P But not to worry, the building is not burned. And again, very cool jumps Felix (I mean it!) ;)

    /Micke
    Team Bautasten

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    How much is it? Is the Zak 850 Euros and the Hybrid 950 Euros? That price is too high to be correct. I must be goofing something.



    The price might be a bit high, but it's such a nice rig! I've already placed my order B|

    /Micke N
    Team Bautasten

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    Well, the good point is I met the famous norwegian nurses from Stavanger...

    B|



    So it was you who landed very hard on your back? In a wingsuit? I'll tell you... you were not the only one doing hard downwindlandings, so don't feel bad about it ;)
    Many of us fucked up in one way or another... :ph34r:

    /Micke
    Team Bautasten

  24. Yes, it was a nice one!
    Even though we had a lot of bad weather, a lot of rain, we still made a bunch of jumps and had a great time. Cool jumps, long tracks, even longer wingsuitflights, lost pilotchutes, many BAD landnings(!), fast helicopter rides, VKB lowpullers, two helicopter rescues (only one jumprelated!), nice people and hard partying (uh... I was NOT part of that!). A great boogie!

    Micke N
    Team Bautasten

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    When I started jumping, my locals defined an active base jumper as someone who did 50 or more jumps a year. Wonder how many fits this category world wide?



    With that definition I've hardly ever been a BASE-jumper :P

    Did my 700:th two nights ago B|

    /Micke
    BASE 268
    Team Bautasten