Lauterbrunnen (BE)
A base jumper hits a wall and kills himself
A new accident has mourned the very popular place of base jumpers in Stechelberg. The man was dead when paramedics found him.
PostedAugust 13, 2023, 3:44 PM
The cliffs in the Lauterbrunnen Valley are popular with base jumpers but accidents are common.
Reuters
A base jump accident occurred on Friday evening in Stechelberg, in the municipal territory of Lauterbrunnen (BE). The report reached the Bernese police at 8.45 p.m. A helicopter and a drone were mobilized to find the injured man but the night interrupted the search. It was finally Saturday morning that the victim was discovered, deceased.
The man had not yet been formally identified when the Bernese police sent their press release on Sunday afternoon. “According to current information, the man had started from the starting point “High Ultimate”. For an as yet undetermined reason, he then found himself in difficulty, hit a rock wall and fell below the starting point, ”says the cantonal police.
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