Extreme athlete disturbs mountaineering community with prohibited action - "Even the best have accidents"

His video on Instagram caused quite a stir: An extreme athlete separates the spirits with his jump in a "wingsuit" from the Mittenwald top four.

• A wingsuit jump from the top of four near Mittenwald causes excitement.

• Such jumps are actually forbidden in Germany.

• The police and mountain rescue services are more cautious.

Mittenwald

- An Instagram video separates the spirits in

.

It shows a daring

from the

(2053 meters), completed this summer - just past the

.

While some admire the spectacular pictures, others

focus on

risk and breaking the

.

Because

flying from mountain peaks in a

is forbidden in Germany - as is

.

Wingsuit jump from the top of the four: Approval would probably not have been granted

If you still can't leave it, you can theoretically get an exemption.

The first contact persons are the

(VDO), the

and the

.

Because

and

are by definition people with aerial sports equipment who make an outland landing.

As such, they require a

from the owner of the take-off and landing site, a site

from an expert and

for any damage;

only then will they be given the permission to take the planned jump at a certain date.

And that brings you to the "theoretical"

issue of

the

.

"

This procedure is not realistic

for a

," explains the extreme athlete who recently

jumped

from the

and does not want to be named.

“It is designed for jumps from buildings.

The VDO also has experts for this.

A

lot is different in the

. ”During the ascent, it is often decided at short notice whether a cliff or steep face can be jumped, and wind and weather conditions are often not foreseeable in advance.

“The

is therefore impractical for athletes like me,” explains the man in his mid-thirties, who

caused a sensation

with his flight show along the

.

Wingsuit jumps from mountain peaks are often allowed abroad (video)

Wingsuit jump in Mittenwald: mountain rescue service is diplomatic

But what does the local mountain rescue service say about the controversial

?

"

all, no permits are required

from a

or

," says the on-call manager Heinz Pfeffer in a rather diplomatic way.

"Actually there is a free

in the

." Nevertheless, one should of course not lose sight of safety or harm others.

The greatest risk that Pfeffer and his colleagues see in this specific case is the

over the

over and near the

.

"If the ropes are touched, or the jumper even

flies

into the

at high speed

, we quickly have a life-threatening situation for many people." Of course, one can assume that the

athletes know exactly what they are doing and try everything to avoid such scenarios.

Mittenwald: Only four tip suitable for wingsuit jump

“But in these extreme sports, the best always have accidents,” says Sepp Rieger, deputy head of operations and Heeresbergführer, referring to the

“The dark side of Red Bull” (2013).

Nevertheless, he does not

allow

himself to judge the jump from the

.

"In an emergency, we are only responsible for the rescue," says Pfeffer, who

would be

reluctant to

turn out to be

a

accident in

the most fatal outcome

,

but is not too worried about it

in the

.

“Because our region is definitely not predestined for this

.” In fact, only the 200-meter-high

is probably the best option

.

The attitude at the

is similar

.

It was there that one heard of such a jump in the region for the first time this summer.

And in general, such a case would

only become relevant

for the

if something happened or a violation was reported.

It can be debated for a long time

whether a flight from the

should be reported.

In

addition

to the general

in Germany, the

a nature reserve and

outside of the marked areas is also prohibited there.

In Canada there are many mountains from which daredevil wingsuit fliers throw themselves (video)

Check out this post on Instagram

Fun line from this mornings session with @tykb @philthy_german @jamieflynnbase @whatsmyvector @ jakermeister24

A post shared by Snowboarder 🇨🇦 Wingsuit Pilot (@bradendean) on Sep 9, 2020 at 2:49 am PDT

Viererspitze and Karwendel are nature reserves and not wingsuit jumping areas

"The so-called hike and fly variant of

outside of approved take-off and landing sites is always a gray area," confirms Michael Brunner, owner of the Gapa paragliding school.

“In a

, however, it is definitely forbidden.” Nevertheless, the question remains whether a single

who

alone and sails in the air along the ridge for 30 seconds to land later in the valley actually causes more damage than the

who are currently

visiting

the

on the Tyrolean side in Horden and

leaving

their

there.

Italy

,

and

answered this question with "no" and decided to work together peacefully.

Let the in relation to other

already very few athletes with

and

jump from its spectacular cliffs.

has a similar legal situation as

.

"We are probably too few to change anything here," says the aviator who

caused a stir

in

with his Instagram video

.

And that although nobody saw his flight live.

That is usually the case, only

make the headlines

.

exactly why he published his jump from the

.

"To show that this sport has more to offer than risk and discussions about the legal situation."

Facts about wingsuit flying

Things to know about wingsuit flying and base jumping:

A

, unlike a classic

from a solid surface (base) - high-rise, bridge, mountain cliff - and opens the

after a certain free fall

.

basically do the same thing, except that thanks to a suit that mimics wings, they can stay longer in free fall or glide along slopes or ridges in it.

Some of the most spectacular, legal flights can be seen on the

(Switzerland) or in

(France).

Not wingsuit jumpers, but ruthless mountain bikers and their legacies as well as the dog excrement in the fields annoy the farmers in the district.

And the traffic chaos caused by the tourists also bothers many residents of the region.