B.A.S.E. jump fail Lauterbrunnen High Nose

[aerialelliott]

This is my biggest fear BASE jumping. Tension knot! Glad to hear you're ok. I use tailgate and slider control during my terminal jumps. I hear keeping your lines tight and clean while stowing them helps too. I practice at Perrine my EP for tension knots. I hope to never have one but you never know.

[alistairclark]

Ooff, nasty looking tension knot. Glad you made a full recovery! I use a tail gait on just my brake lines but no slider control on terminal jumps. I feel like the tail gate on brakes brings lines to tension in sequence from front to back so they seperate from each other while allowing the slider to move down the lines more freely. I also make sure my brake lines are completely straight with no spins and stack my figure 8's as clean as possible especially where the cascades meet up with the lower lines. A spun up brake line can look good on packing but can double back on and twist itself on deployment and possibly get into the loops of the figure 8 stack as it leaves the tail pocket. Never had a tension knot knock on wood.

[natural]

Every thing was serene until you jumped

[collinhennessy]

If all your friends jumped off a cliff would you do it?

[TitusIV]

I'm only a paraglider, but with these issues we can lean our weight on one side to avoid the spin. Is that possible he could have done that too with skydiving wings to slow down the spin ?

[BaronFlyingClub]

Very nasty little knot on the back left riser, totally slack break line, what do you reckon caused that?

[lazardjurovic]

What exactly happened with the parachute so you lost control and how to prevent that?

[saimon]

Is that "High Nose" spot situated on the west side or the east side of the Lauterbrunnen valley ? And is it easily accessible by walk ?

[MikeAussieMarketer]

Its the sounds of impact that make my blood curdle... unfortunately if you spend enough time in any airsport you "feel" that sound! Hope you came out of this well bud! Lower leg or knee injuries from that one im guessing? Maybe even hip?

[oliverellwood]

I hope you were ok!! Any info about that Tension Knot?

[someguydino]

there's another base jumper in the trees Hans...

[trxntroll]

Dang what are the odds that parachute doesn't catch on a tree?!!?

[thomaskraus]

Damn man. You probably went from feeling amazing while flying, then oh sh*t something's wrong when you opened the parachute, then being slightly grateful for landing on a tree which you thought would hold you up, and then you must've been like ffs when you started falling from the top of the tree. Glad you're okay.

I only hang glide now but I'm a little interested in BASE. Yo still at it today?

[BurninatorTheTrogdor]

Listen to Exit Point Podcast they talk about this a lot. So far there isn't a real answer.

[nomaddamon]

I recommend: HELP! Instead of that ehh thing.

[fredbloggs]

You jumped off perfectly stable ground for what reason? And you were surprised by the outcome? 🤣🤣🤣🤣