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  • Australian BASE jumper killed at Kjerag in Western Norway after failing to open parachute

    07/20/2005 6:20:36 PM PDT · by FraudFactor.com · 18 replies · 711+ views
    Aftenpolten - News from Norway ^ | July 20, 2005 | Nina Berglund
    BASE jumper killed at Kjerag in Western Norway An Australian BASE jumper was killed Tuesday when he didn't manage to open his parachute. The man had jumped off a cliff at a popular BASE-jumping site in western Norway. Western Norway is popular with BASE jumpers from around the world. On Tuesday, one of them met his death at Kjerag. PHOTO: TONE GEORGSEN "Witnesses have told me that he had problems getting hold of the lever that opens the parachute," said Vibeke Knutson, vice president of the Stavanger BASE Klubb. "When he finally did, it was too late." Sølve Tanke Hovden...