Mario Richard dies during Dolomites BASE jump

After having carried out a series of flights in the Dolomites such as Torre Trieste and Monte Agner, yesterday morning Richard and Davis took the cable car up to Sasso Pordoi together with friends to make a wingsuit flight off Sass Pordoi. During the flight though something went terribly wrong and Richard hit the rocks close to the Piccolo Pordoi towers. All rescue operations were in vain.

Richard's death is a great loss for the global community of BASE jumpers that is still getting to grips with the loss of another absolute reference point, 42-year old Mark Sutton who died last week during a wingsuit flight at Martigny in Switzerland.