Tribe Training Cambridge to take on challenge in memory of member who died in base jump tragedy
Members of fitness club and lifestyle community Tribe Training Cambridge will be completing a challenge this weekend in memory of Dilip Marcus Sundhoo, a member of the club who died while attempting a 1,300 ft base jump in Turkey.
Dilip’s parachute failed to open properly during the jump on Saturday, October 21, and the 47-year-old crashed into the side of a cliff during his visit to Ölüdeniz, Turkey, to enjoy the International Air Games Festival with friends.
Callum Slater, owner of Tribe Training Cambridge, Callum’s coach and other members of the club will be taking part in an event called the ‘4 x 4 x 48’, which involves running four miles every four hours for 48 miles.
Callum said: “We will be running throughout Cambridge, Castle Camps and Haverhill throughout the three days, but with the starting and finishing runs being located at Cambridge Regional College, where we run our workouts from at Tribe Cambridge.”
He notes that the three runs which are set to be the most well-attended will be at 6pm on Friday, November 10, leaving and finishing at Cambridge Regional College, at 10am on Saturday, November 11, leaving and finishing at Cambridge Regional College, and 2pm on Sunday, November 12 (Remembrance Sunday, as Dilip also served in the Army), leaving and finishing at Cambridge Regional College. This will be the biggest run, with 30-50 people tackling it.
The challenge is to pay tribute to Dilip and to raise money for Claire to celebrate his life with all those that knew him.
One of his devastated friends, Jean-Louis Ayivor, paid tribute to Dilip on a GoFundMe page, writing: “Thank you all for the kind (encouraging) thoughtful messages and generous donations.
“We would like to confirm Dil is in the process of being repatriated and scheduled to arrive in the UK this week.
“We will keep the donation live on GoFundMe in support of Claire for the celebration of his life with all who knew him”.
Callum said that to those who knew him, Dilip was a “shining light, whose infectious laugh and smile would touch all who met him”.
He added: “His recent death in a tragic base jumping accident while on holiday in Turkey has left a gaping hole in many lives.
“He was well-known in paragliding, skydiving and base jumping communities, which has been reflected in the outpouring of the touching and beautiful messages being shared.”
Callum said Dilip and Claire had been part of the Tribe Training community – which he describes as “more like a family” – for the past 18 months and that Dilip and Claire lived together in Cambridge, having met over six years ago.
He said: “Dil was always the light in the room, always smiling, always happy. He was always positive, not just when training but in every aspect of his life.”
For more information on Tribe Training Cambridge, visit tribetraining.co.uk.
