I later learned this man’s real name was Armin Schmieder. Cows continue milling around in what I’ve imagined to be idyllic mountain scenery somewhere in Europe, with giant blue limestone cliffs towering over rolling green pastures. Suddenly I hear the man emit an acute bellow. The turbulent din lasts no more than a few seconds. The sound of airflow grows, reaching a ferocious decibel. The video goes dark as the phone is now inside his wingsuit, ostensibly in his hand, and still live-streaming to Facebook. “Today you fly with me,” he says in German. He zips up his suit, flashing more smiles with a sort of nervous or excited energy, the kind you might associate with a child opening a birthday gift. He gives the finger to the camera and grins. He has dark hair, a sleeve tattoo, and a Hollywood-style beard. The video opens with him stepping into a wingsuit. I even watched one of these deaths in real time, live-streamed on Facebook.Ī guy with the handle of “Sat Dex” popped up in my feed on the morning of August 26, broadcasting himself via Facebook Live. In researching 2016’s dramatic rise in BASE jumping deaths, I was almost unable to keep up with the pace with which people were dying.
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