BASE Jumping: You're Doin' It Wrong
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Hans Lange survived a BASE jump gone wrong with merely a broken leg...
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Lange said he was flying down the mountainside at nearly 180 kph (110 mph) when he realized he was too close to the wall.
He deployed his chute and tried to steer away from the wall, but it was too late. The video showed Lange crying out in pain as he bumped into the rock repeatedly while trying to untangle the cords.
The fall came to an abrupt end when he slammed into a tree about 100 meters (330 feet) above the planned landing site.
After overcoming the initial shock, Lange turned to the camera and said: "What a bummer ... Oh well, I'm alive."
-from the AP article
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2008/09/04/international/i084835D58.DTL&tsp=1
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Lange said he was flying down the mountainside at nearly 180 kph (110 mph) when he realized he was too close to the wall.
He deployed his chute and tried to steer away from the wall, but it was too late. The video showed Lange crying out in pain as he bumped into the rock repeatedly while trying to untangle the cords.
The fall came to an abrupt end when he slammed into a tree about 100 meters (330 feet) above the planned landing site.
After overcoming the initial shock, Lange turned to the camera and said: "What a bummer ... Oh well, I'm alive."
-from the AP article
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2008/09/04/international/i084835D58.DTL&tsp=1
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- Base Jumping, Falling, Parachute, Hans Lange
