Graham Dickinson, one of the world’s top wingsuit fliers, passed away on January 25, after crashing during a training flight in Tianmen Mountain National Forest Park in Zhangjiajie of Hunan province.
Dickinson’s body was discovered by a team of 40 rescuers on Thursday, January 26. He was found on a cliff, dead and still fully suited.
The search was launched after his landlord reported him missing Thursday morning, according to Xinhua News, although the World Wingsuit League (WWL) stated on its Facebook page that he was reported missing on Wednesday by friends.
The 28-year-old Canadian wingsuit prodigy was training at Tianmen Mountain, where he signed an agreement with the mountain’s management office – an agreement that deemed the office immune from liability.
The mountain was the site of Dickinson’s third place finish in the 2016 World Wingsuit League China Grand Prix. According to the WWL, the aerial daredevil had recorded an impressive 2,250 base jumps in his life.
“Graham was well known, not only as one of the world’s most popular, talented and active BASE-jumpers, but also, as a serious risk taker who was willing to put everything in the line to pursuit his dreams,” states a Facebook post on the WWL’s page.
The Canadian is the second flier killed training in the park in the past four years, following a fatal accident by Hungarian Victor Kovats in 2013.
Watch WWL's memorial video for Graham Dickinson below (VPN on):
[Images via Tencent News]
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