Slim (R.I.P) A BASE Life - Awesome BASE Jumping Footage
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Uploaded by rob86879 on Nov 9, 2006
Roland Simpson A.K.A. Slim died doing what he loved, BASE jumping. Heres is a tribute video of some of his best footage. Must see!!!
#84 Roland (Slim) Simpson, October 22, 2004
Age: 35
Building Jump (Wingsuit)
Jinmao Tower, Shanghai, China
Building Strike
Slim is an experienced and well known BASE jumper with over 1200 jumps when he launched for this wingsuit flight at a major BASE event in China. After a good flight he deployed into line twists and is unable to avoid a hard rooftop strike on an adjacent structure. Slim is a major influence on an entire generation of BASE jumpers and this is a major blow, not only in his home country of Australia, but to the entire BASE world. There is much to be said of this man including this sentiment from one of his good friends. "I am awed by his courage, determination, and perseverance in coming back to a sport that had battered and broke him once before. He faced down the demon of fear after his recovery and re-entered the sport with humor and panache. And cripples can fly he said of his first jump back. What an inspiration he was."
Information taken from the world BASE fatality list
music by many machines on nine www.myspace.com/manymachinesonnine
http://hometown.aol.com/base194/myhomepage/base_fatality_list
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no, cos he died in a hospital about 3 days after his last jump.
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legend !!!
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take it he hit the floor on this one?
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anyone got the vid of him dying?
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@natebooce dont be mad that you are a pussy. its ok
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@djblahblah I think I read something about having a twist in the line, and hitting another building..
He was unconcious for around 2 weeks before passing away. (Days arent exact, i cant recall exactly what i read)
Rest in Peace, most of us can only dream of doing what he did.
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how did he die? did his parachute not deploy correctly?
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@Lehmann108 no fault of their own? They jumped off a cliff hahahaa
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@clamb147 nope its a retarded way to die throwing yourself off a cliff, its natural selection
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i dont get it... all your doing is falling, if you need to experience near death too, "live" then fair play all the power too you
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brianmenendez 2 years ago 84
rest in peace man (slim)
TheAl3x333 2 years ago 33