Man parachuting in Greece, dies.

[br d]

I take it this blokes landing zone would have been the beach?
No problem with base jumpers, its their life they're risking but if that beach was busy wouldn't this be open to injuring others? Do base jumpers use this site regularly?

[Greg_D]

HundredthIdiot said:

BASE jumping isn't really parachuting or skydiving.

Here is a successful jump from the same place.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lo_m68n2fkA&t=6...

Not sure I see the point TBH. Altitude FTW.

you can how it could go wrong, the jumper @ 3.34 on that video was blown towards the cliff face, but managed to turn quickly enough, he could easily have got snagged.

[condor]

br d said:

I take it this blokes landing zone would have been the beach?
No problem with base jumpers, its their life they're risking but if that beach was busy wouldn't this be open to injuring others? Do base jumpers use this site regularly?

It's many years since I was there, but it was one of those day-trip excursions with swimming off the boat at anchor rather than a beach landing...so would expect few people if any would have been on the beach. People on that beach would spoil it's 'photo opportunity' appeal.
From memory, for me to take a similar pic to the one I already posted was a good 15 minutes walk from a track road(I'd hired a trails bike to tour the island).

Know nothing about base jumping there...but would have thought he'd have arranged a boat to pick him up.

[King Herald]

Greg_D said:

you can how it could go wrong, the jumper @ 3.34 on that video was blown towards the cliff face, but managed to turn quickly enough, he could easily have got snagged.

The biggest problem with base jumping is wind. Where ever you have things poking up into the sky you invariably have a lot of wind. You don't feel this down at ground level, but once you get above 50 feet there is almost always some wind around.

The second the canopy opens you need to get in control as quick as you can, before the wind starts shoving you into cliff faces, but it just doesn't work that simply...