Re: [Clair] Value (or not) of The List (World BASE Fatality List)
Since most U.S. BASErs have come from the ranks of skydivers, I'll provide a link to USPA's incident reports:
http://www.uspa.org/safety/incident.htm
You'll notice it is under the Safety and Training section. I have been in the sport for several years now. I have learned, and will continue to learn, from both the USPA and BF lists. That is where the educational and historial value is for me.
No, USPA doesn't list names and locations or post pictures. But, I think that is what contributes to the memorial aspect of the BFL:
I have, on occasion, gone to the list not recognizing the person's name, but I have recognized their face. That has sparked memories of the times I may have spent around them and the exit points I may have shared with them. It puts a very real, human aspect to it that, to me, USPA's list does not contain.
As for the "dot, dot, dots", it is my belief that, rather than defining those words further, the writer has simply left the reader to define them themselves - and leaving it for discussions such as this.
Mark
