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It was apparently just his second BASE jump with a wingsuit. BASE jumping and wingsuit jumping are entirely different beasts: In BASE jumping you are leaping off a grounded platform with a parachute, whereas in wingsuit flying you are in a specially made suit that allows you to catch the air and glide.A few months ago, I was lucky enough to speak with Gabe for a profile for VICE and talk about his love for the sport and his plans to take it legal."To participate in this activity you have to accept that you might die doing it," Hubert told me at the time. "You have to love it enough to accept that I guess."He was a joy to talk to, smart, funny, and as he put it "a little bit crazy."BASE jumpers live by the unwritten mantra of "If I die don't cry for me, I'm doing what I love." This was something that Hubert told me several times during the duration of our conversation."It is the nature of our life," Hubert's friend and fellow jumper Chris Thombs said Monday. "Sad he is gone but happy he lived!"After exit he really didn't start flying his suit until 100ft over the trees at the end of the talus and the suit was not performing well, this was the start of a 30 sec flight maintaining this distance for the remainder of the flight, with not enough separation we assume he had a problem reaching his BOC [chute pouch]. Ramrod impacted the way he lived his fucking life …………….FULL SPEED……..NOTHING OUT…………..
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