BASE Fatality List . . .

[Nick]

As I added Brian to the list I did some other updating, thanks to all for the e-mailed information, and I moved the list to a better server, no more pop ups or ads . . .

[a href="http://juliabell.home.att.net/"]World BASE Fatality List[/a]

Nick
BASE 194

[guest]

June 15 from May 15 on last entry

[guest]

I just did a quick breakdown of the list fatalities in % terms and came up with the following, split into 7 problem areas:

1. Cliff strikes total: 24 fatalities/45%
a)including cliff strikes as a result of poor tracking or launch: 18/34%
b)cliff strikes on troll wall 5/9%
c)other cliff strikes 1/2%

2.Rigging errors/misconfigured or inappropriate gear:
11/21%

3. Low pulls/No pulls: 9/17%

4. Drowning: 3/6%

5. Building strike: 2/4%

6. Canopy collision: 2/4%

7. Other: 1/2%:-(

[Nick]

Tosh,

Nice work.

May I add this information to the LIST?

Nick



:P

[feral]

just had a quick look and there have been 6 cliff strikes at kjerag on the list one more than troll wall



bsbd feral:-( :-( :-( :-( :-( :-( :-( :-( :-(

[guest]

I guess the Kjerag strikes fell into the poor launch and/or tracking category. but that is an interesting footnote. also the volume of jumps done @ kjerag as compared to the troll wall. are many people still jumping the troll wall ?
Nick feel free to add this to "the list" page.
2 categories that could be easily reduced are the "rigging errors/ misconfigured or inappropriate equipment" and "drowning" which have accounted for 27% of base fatalities.
1. jump the right gear for the job and
2. have a boat or floatation when there's a chance you might go in the drink !

tosh;-) :7

[BASE359]

I see we're up to 56 worldwide BASE fatalites now.
Man, the Russians sure took a beating this spring.

BASE359:-(

[guest]

I wonder how many of the deaths that currently fall into the low/no pull category were actually a PC failing to inflate like the fatality at the Perrine.

Too often, a person goes in on a solo jump with no witnesses, and the obvious assumption is loss of altitude awareness. What if they pitched but had a serious PC hesitation like Brian? No one would ever know, because there are no tell-tale indications.

Scary sh!t. Makes a person think...