Johnny Utah
September 1st, 2008, 07:36 PM
Condolences to Ben's family
Australian killed in Swiss BASE-jumping accident
Posted Mon Aug 25, 2008 3:46pm AEST
Updated Mon Aug 25, 2008 5:11pm AEST
Ben Cannon was jumping in Switzerland's Lauterbrunnen Valley. (AAP/Facebook)
An Australian man has died after a BASE-jumping accident in Switzerland.
The Foreign Affairs Department says 31-year-old Ben Cannon from New South Wales died last Thursday.
Officials are in contact with his family and are providing assistance.
The Australian BASE Association says the accident happened in the Lauterbrunnen Valley.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/08/25/2345861.htm?section=justin
From the ABA website:
http://www.basejump.org/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=218
an account from someone who was on the jump is given in this thread:
http://www.basejump.org/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=217
Australian killed in Swiss BASE-jumping accident
Posted Mon Aug 25, 2008 3:46pm AEST
Updated Mon Aug 25, 2008 5:11pm AEST
Ben Cannon was jumping in Switzerland's Lauterbrunnen Valley. (AAP/Facebook)
An Australian man has died after a BASE-jumping accident in Switzerland.
The Foreign Affairs Department says 31-year-old Ben Cannon from New South Wales died last Thursday.
Officials are in contact with his family and are providing assistance.
The Australian BASE Association says the accident happened in the Lauterbrunnen Valley.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/08/25/2345861.htm?section=justin
From the ABA website:
http://www.basejump.org/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=218
an account from someone who was on the jump is given in this thread:
http://www.basejump.org/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=217