You know, I'm sorry about the harshness. I'm still having a tough time dealing with the whole thing, especially since it's still the holiday season. As much as I hate to say it, it's nobody's fault but Erich's that he was killed. There is a BASE fatality list on the WWW, and just two years ago, another jumper was killed in basically the same way. He just liked to hum it low, and held on way past his planned delay time.
Erich had scared himself before. He'd been injured skydiving before (though every time he was, it was due to another diver's incompetence). Gretchen told me flat out that she knew this would happen someday. Erich just had no fear; he thought he had it all sewed up. It's really shitty and it plain sucks.
Hopefully I will meet him again someday.