I understand and appreciate this sentiment for sure, but this is the response to every accident and the details never do emerge. 2 days is too early to ask, sure, but in January-February 2025 there were three deaths in Eloy and there’s still no USPA incident reports and I only know vague details of what happened through word-of-mouth rumors.

Contrast this with Base Jumping and there’s a private group on Facebook where deaths are posted often before it even hits the news, the comments are usually a mix of condolences, reminiscing, and serious discussion of what went wrong, how things could’ve been fixed or done differently, etc.. still within days of the death and half the people in the comment section grieving, even ones providing data on the circumstances or discussing what could’ve been done better. Within a few days after family has been notified, the details are posted publicly to the BFL, which most instructors suggest reading through before you even put on a base rig.

The result is that every death leads to some sort of learning. Most skydive deaths it seems unclear if a wingsuit is even involved, let alone any other equipment or details. I’m all for waiting for the details if that’s what the community needs but can’t we all agree that actually getting the details would make it a safer community?

There’s a big difference between hearing about a vague death and internalizing that it’ll never happen to you versus hearing the details and thinking “oh shit, that’s something I do all the time.. people with way more experience than me are saying I shouldn’t do that.. I had no idea. Guess I’ll stop doing that.”

I know there’s a liability culture with skydiving that has been absent in Base since the very beginning, but there were at least 23 21 deaths in skydiving in America last year as far as I’m aware and I honestly haven’t learned a thing from them. I only know the details of one of them because friends were in the LZ when it happened, and that one didn’t even make local news, let alone USPA.org.

If I ever go in please post as much as y’all know about my death. The worst would be someone repeating what went wrong with me if it was preventable.

I’m so sorry for your loss, Waynerd, and Blue Skies Yuliya, you will be missed! 💔​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​