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    The Gitschen (2,513 m (8,245 ft)) is a mountain of the Urner Alps, overlooking Lake Lucerne in the canton of Uri, Switzerland. It lies on the range north...
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  • later, Strange fell to his death in a wingsuit accident after jumping from Gitschen near Lake Lucerne. A paddle-out memorial was held for Strange near his...
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    farther south, above the ridge of the Scharti, appear the snowy peaks of the Gitschen and the Uri Rotstock (2,928 m). In the centre opens the Reuss Valley, backed...
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    nothing out, approximately two-thirds of the way through his flight path at Gitschen, Switzerland. 1 October 2015 Johnny Strange 23 Switzerland American adventurer...
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