Tuesday, May 07, 2013

Base Jumping in Switzerland



(Bernese Oberland, Switzerland)
Police launched an investigation into the death of a 48-year-old Norwegian who died while base jumping this week in the Lauterbrunnen area of the Bernese Oberland.

The victim was with two colleagues and took off from a spot on the Mürrenfluh Mountain known as the “Ultimate High”, Bern cantonal police said on Tuesday.

The man took off around noon on Monday and crashed into a cliff face after a very steep flight, the force said.

Emergency officials from helicopter operator Air Glacier and the SAC rescue service responded immediately to a call for help but the man was found dead at the foot of a rock wall, according to police.
Notably, in the last 19 years 33 people have died from base jumping in the area. Offhand, I suggest that base jumping in the Swiss Alps is about as safe as Russian Roulette.

2 comments:

The Big Jub Jub said...

Correct you are but these people will continue to accept the challange because it's there

Doom said...

Yeah, I think your conclusion IS the point. Can't say I haven't played that game, if in different venues. It just wasn't available when I was more into the sport, did similar anyway and didn't find it all that much, if not from a base. *click* Saw enough others get the *boom*, but, and?

I don't even think it is psychologically incorrect. It's just a typical male behavior. Plus? It leaves more ladies for the rest of us. :p

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