Originally Posted by
JohnBurke
He's jumping into terrain off-field, and will hike. Water for a hike? Smoker to enhance the visual impact of a planned jump? Thermos? Fire extinguisher? Bear spray? Shampoo? Ashes of the friend he was supposed to be traveling to Mammoth to spread? Spare batteries for his cameras? Who knows?
He took off with the “intent” to scatter his buddys ashes, not to go skydiving into rough terrain.
For all the years I’ve been flying, other than a pilot kneeboard, not once did I strap water or hiking supplies or shampoo nor anything else to my leg prior to takeoff, “just in case.”
I know you’re playing devils advocate, but let’s get real.
If it walks like a duck, quacks like a duck and shats like a duck… it’s probably not a horse.
The entire event was planned and staged. The fact he hired a helicopter crew to remove the wreckage before anyone could inspect it pretty much puts the final nail in the coffin for this clown…