A wingsuit flyer has died aged 25 after crashing into the side of a mountain on a valley route dubbed the Death Star.
The base jumper, known online as Randy Z, was visiting the Dolomite Mountains in northern Italy with friends when tragedy struck.
On Monday (4 Aug), the day before his death, Randy posted a video of himself successfully completing the route.
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The adrenaline junkie, who originally came from China, set off from a peak known as Piz da Lech.
He wrote: “I’ve been eyeing this Death Star route for two years, and today I finally completed this milestone.
“The air gradually picked up, and my heart burned higher and higher.
“Silently chanting ‘may the Force be with me’, I put on my mask and began my battle with death.”
Randy was killed while repeating the same route the following day, as reported by Need To Know.
He was with around a dozen other jumpers of different nationalities.
When he failed to show up at the landing site, the other wingsuiters raised the alarm.
An Alta Badia Mountain Rescue team spotted Randy’s lifeless body in a ravine.
They had to abseil around 395ft into the valley to retrieve him.
An investigation into Randy’s death is ongoing.
The route is considered one of the most dangerous in the world for wingsuiting.
On 6 August last year, base jumper Raian Kamel, 36, was also killed after jumping from Piz da Lech.
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