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Base jumps can go wrong

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Tineke Bot sent me a photo of land at Châtelus, taken from their house in Choranche.                                                                          [ photo by Tineke Bot ] Click the photo to enlarge it slightly. A base jumper had taken off from the cliff above Rochemuse : Tineke's property, located behind the photographer. He was blown onto the top of a tree in Châtelus. A rescue helicopter arrived on the spot. It was a complicated and risky affair, and it took many people several hours. The fellow's life was at stake, as he could have slipped to his death at any instant. Happily, the base-jumper finally managed to get down safely out of the tree by his own means. ...

Base jumping at Choranche

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I have the impression that the following YouTube videos are composed of base-jumps from a site in Presles located above the Rochemuse estate in Choranche . Often you glimpse a small lake: the electricity dam located between Châtelus and Choranche. Je serais content de recevoir des informations précises sur ces vidéos de la part de spécialistes locaux. + Max Moret tombé à Choranche le 30 avril 2011