Date: August 16, 1996 Nationality: FrenchImages:bfl-36.jpgBase Fatality
Object Type: Earth
Location: NORWAY, Lysebotn, Kjerag
COD: Impact
Clothes / Suit: Normal clothes
Parachute: unknown
Age: unknown
Experience: unknown
Time of day: unknown
Description: Sébastien was on a 2-way where he was supposed to track on his back fro the first 10-12 seconds filming the second jumper who would be tracking right above him. The plan was for Sébastien to flip to his belly at that point and track to the left while the jumper above him would head to the right. After the exit, there was more gap between the jumpers than they would have liked for the video so they concentrated on closing it up instead of maxing their forward movement. When it was was time for Sébastien to flip over, and the 2 way to separate, it became apparent that they had not tracked far enough from the wall and were approaching the talus. Reportedly they were 2 seconds to impact. Sébastien immediately pitched and hit the wall during deployment. The second jumper tracked for his life and was able to out track the slope of the talus regaining some altitude and pitched. He opened off heading in line twists from the track and was able to clear them and avoid a wall strike. This jumper had been experimenting with early designs of track pants and wingsuits and before jumping decided to use a new set of pants that was given to him to try out. The use of these track pants most likely contributed to him being able to save his life. If you have a picture of this jumper please contact us
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