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From: florman@randvax.UUCP (Bruce Florman)
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Subject: Re: BASE jumping
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Date: Mon, 24-Mar-86 19:21:54 EST
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> Does anyone happen to know how Carl Boenish was killed ?
> I heard he was jumping Troll Viggen at the time. I assume
> he hit the wall under canopy.  

    Carl and Jean were in Norway filming jumps from the Trollveggen for some
TV show (Ripley's or That's Incredible).  The exact circumstances surrounding
Carl's death are rather unclear, as he died while alone on the wall.  The
point where he jumped was not one of the ones used routinely (?!?) by other
jumpers.  The approach is apparently too steep for someone to stop at the
edge and peer over.  As I understand it, he was found with his canopy not
fully deployed.  The theory then is that he realized a few seconds after
jumping that he wasn't able to out track the wall.  He dumped his main, but
hit the wall before it could open.
    According to Jean and others who knew him, this was very much out of
character for Carl, who usually insisted on meticulous planning and testing
before jumping from some new object.  We'll never know why he chose to make
a jump from a blind edge that day.


					Bruce Florman D9019

PS.  Jean Boenish made her second jump (and maybe more) since breaking her
     leg, this past weekend at Perris.