Quote Originally Posted by stitch View Post
My apologies for being too matter of fact. Unfortunately this hasn't been the best two weeks of my life.

WSbase ? Yes, the front of the suit was destroyed.

PC location ? It was out. Although I'm under the assunpstion that the medical examiner probably pulled it out when they removed his gear. Was it a PC in tow ? Perhaps. But since there was no witnesses and his video camera was more or less destroyed we may never know. The Sheriff's department confiscated the camera to send to a lab for a possible reconstruction of the tape

Exit point ? West wall. Not the best choice. The general idea is that he got the west exit and south exit confused. I have been told it is 600'-700' from exit to impact. Although I am not certain.

Where was the body found ? About 75'-100' down the talus from the ledge.


I did the best I could with the evaluation of the gear. Nobody else I asked wanted to handle the gear for obvious reasons but it had to be done. Sorry for being such a dissapointment and not being able to provide the exact details.
I give you massive cudo's for stepping up to something that will probably be the most difficult thing in your life.
I appreciate you sharing this information with us all.

I do have a question that does not seem to add up in my head:

if the wall was 700' to impact MAX, and you found the body 100' horizontally from the edge. And he had a wingsuit on, how did he not get further away before impact.

I do not know the exact math, but I would assume that with talus elevation drop, and forward momentum alone, without a wingsuit would have create >100' of horizontal separation.

Then I would assume there would be another 10' to 100' of momentum to carry the jumper further down the talus even more. Right?