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The skydiving accident rate also includes very experienced divers who do exceedingly reckless things, like wingsuiting next to mountains.
by lupusreal 3y ago
The skydiving accident rate also includes very experienced divers who do exceedingly reckless things, like wingsuiting next to mountains.
- foxyv 3y agoYou may be right, I do know that there are very few total skydiving deaths per year so high risk activities could inflate the figures fairly easily. However, I don't think wing suiting is counted in the statistics.
- porkbeer 3y agoIt is if they exited a plane to do so.
- imzadi 3y agoI mean, based on the observations in the article, there's really no way to know the accident rate with any certainty. No one is even keeping track. It's all reliant on self-reporting to a lobbying organization that most these places aren't even a part of.
- todfox 3y agoIt does not because it only counts as a skydive if you exit an aircraft. If you're jumping off of land, it's BASE.
- avar 3y agoPeople deploy from aircraft and proceed to fly close to terrain with wingsuits. [1] is one example. 1. https://youtu.be/kooYQ0IOnoM?si=xCpGxbSmivlNY3e- https://youtu.be/kooYQ0IOnoM?si=xCpGxbSmivlNY3e-