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November 12th, 2009, 08:59 AM
World acquaintance Basejumper after leap of the Sunrise Tower heavily injures
By Stefan hollow and Felix Schindler.
The Basejumper Ueli Gegenschatz jumped for advertising purposes of the Sunrise Tower in Oerlikon. It collided with the building and fell uncontrolled.
Leap of 88 meters: The accident occurred with the Sunrise Tower in Zurich Oerlikon.
Leap of 88 meters: The accident occurred with the Sunrise Tower in Zurich Oerlikon.
Successful leap of 105 meters: 2006 jumped Ueli Gegenschatz of the fair tower Basel.
Successful leap of 105 meters: 2006 jumped Ueli Gegenschatz of the fair tower Basel.
With a PR-leap of the Sunrise Tower in Oerlikon the Basejumper Ueli Gegenschatz had an accident. The 38-jährige Aerialist, then calls itself Ueli Gegenschatz, should yesterday open the talking bulletin mobile campaign with a spectacular leap of the 88 meters high tower at the Hagenholzstrasse in Zurich Oerlikon. Approximately 200 onlooker was locally. The parachute opened normally, but Gegenschatz for still unknown reasons the edge of a more deeply lying, neighbouring building touchierte shortly thereafter. The Basejumper lost control of its flight and fell to ground.
In accordance with eye-witnesses Gegenschatz is to have been unconscious first, have apologized afterwards however for the failed leap. With heavy injuries it had to be brought in the hospital.
In a reader video on “20 minutes on-line one” is to be seen, how the parachute at the end of the flight partly closes and Gegenschatz from several meters height falls. The city police Zurich clarifies the exact circumstances of the accident. Whether a gust of wind is responsible for the misfortune, how eye-witnesses assumed, one knew not yet, said a police spokesman on request.
After the accident the PR-action, which by Sunrise and Red Bull was together planned, was broken off. For the spectators, who had along-pursued the leap, a Care team was arranged. In a report Red Bull regrets the incident and wishes the injured one baldigste improvement. Gegenschatz recruits for years for the beverage manufacturer.
The publicity campaign was largely aufgegleist: The front side of the free newspaper “20 minutes” consisted yesterday of an advertisement, in which Gegenschatz in the wing suit over the mountains is to be seen segelnd.
“Risk is calculable”
The Appenzeller Ueli Gegenschatz belongs to the most well-known Basejumpern. Made with this kind of extreme haven parachute leaps from firm objects, most famous is the rock edge with loud wells in Bernese the upper country.
The insurance advisor completed fair tower in his twenty-year-old career over 1500 leaps, among other things from the Eigernordwand, from the matte horn and from the Basler. Two weeks ago ago Gegenschatz expressed itself after the first Basejumper match in Switzerland in the transmission “Sportlounge” from SF to the risks of this sport. “If one respectablly develops oneself and prepares, is the residual risk very exactly calculable”, said in Ausserrhoden resident sportsmen.
It resists into the corner of the life-tired to be placed. He said at the beginning of to the “pc. Galler day sheet” September that he could remember retrospectively only two leaps, which did not come out in such a way, as he introduced himself them. That is little considering its long career, but “two leaps too much”. Its worst injury in all the years was a broken foot.
Over the exact kind of its injuries after the leap of yesterday no closer data are present. (Tagesanzeiger.ch/Newsnetz)
Provided: 11.11.2009, 13:40 clock
By Stefan hollow and Felix Schindler.
The Basejumper Ueli Gegenschatz jumped for advertising purposes of the Sunrise Tower in Oerlikon. It collided with the building and fell uncontrolled.
Leap of 88 meters: The accident occurred with the Sunrise Tower in Zurich Oerlikon.
Leap of 88 meters: The accident occurred with the Sunrise Tower in Zurich Oerlikon.
Successful leap of 105 meters: 2006 jumped Ueli Gegenschatz of the fair tower Basel.
Successful leap of 105 meters: 2006 jumped Ueli Gegenschatz of the fair tower Basel.
With a PR-leap of the Sunrise Tower in Oerlikon the Basejumper Ueli Gegenschatz had an accident. The 38-jährige Aerialist, then calls itself Ueli Gegenschatz, should yesterday open the talking bulletin mobile campaign with a spectacular leap of the 88 meters high tower at the Hagenholzstrasse in Zurich Oerlikon. Approximately 200 onlooker was locally. The parachute opened normally, but Gegenschatz for still unknown reasons the edge of a more deeply lying, neighbouring building touchierte shortly thereafter. The Basejumper lost control of its flight and fell to ground.
In accordance with eye-witnesses Gegenschatz is to have been unconscious first, have apologized afterwards however for the failed leap. With heavy injuries it had to be brought in the hospital.
In a reader video on “20 minutes on-line one” is to be seen, how the parachute at the end of the flight partly closes and Gegenschatz from several meters height falls. The city police Zurich clarifies the exact circumstances of the accident. Whether a gust of wind is responsible for the misfortune, how eye-witnesses assumed, one knew not yet, said a police spokesman on request.
After the accident the PR-action, which by Sunrise and Red Bull was together planned, was broken off. For the spectators, who had along-pursued the leap, a Care team was arranged. In a report Red Bull regrets the incident and wishes the injured one baldigste improvement. Gegenschatz recruits for years for the beverage manufacturer.
The publicity campaign was largely aufgegleist: The front side of the free newspaper “20 minutes” consisted yesterday of an advertisement, in which Gegenschatz in the wing suit over the mountains is to be seen segelnd.
“Risk is calculable”
The Appenzeller Ueli Gegenschatz belongs to the most well-known Basejumpern. Made with this kind of extreme haven parachute leaps from firm objects, most famous is the rock edge with loud wells in Bernese the upper country.
The insurance advisor completed fair tower in his twenty-year-old career over 1500 leaps, among other things from the Eigernordwand, from the matte horn and from the Basler. Two weeks ago ago Gegenschatz expressed itself after the first Basejumper match in Switzerland in the transmission “Sportlounge” from SF to the risks of this sport. “If one respectablly develops oneself and prepares, is the residual risk very exactly calculable”, said in Ausserrhoden resident sportsmen.
It resists into the corner of the life-tired to be placed. He said at the beginning of to the “pc. Galler day sheet” September that he could remember retrospectively only two leaps, which did not come out in such a way, as he introduced himself them. That is little considering its long career, but “two leaps too much”. Its worst injury in all the years was a broken foot.
Over the exact kind of its injuries after the leap of yesterday no closer data are present. (Tagesanzeiger.ch/Newsnetz)
Provided: 11.11.2009, 13:40 clock