Advertisement
Help Keep Boards Alive. Support us by going ad free today. See here: https://subscriptions.boards.ie/.
https://www.boards.ie/group/1878-subscribers-forum

Private Group for paid up members of Boards.ie. Join the club.
Hi all, please see this major site announcement: https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058427594/boards-ie-2026

Base Jumper Dies ... his own fault ?

«13456

Comments

  • #2
    Guill
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,332 ✭✭✭Guill


    Of course it is his own fault. ffs.


  • #3
    The King of Moo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,207 ✭✭✭The King of Moo


    It's his fault for jumping off big things, and it's also the fault of the people who could've sent help more quickly.


  • #4
    coolmoose
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 923 ✭✭✭coolmoose


    OT you need to fix the URL.

    his own fault IMO.


  • #5
    aaronjumper
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,128 ✭✭✭✭aaronjumper


    Yes it's his own fault, life has enough dangers without intentionally creating your own, just to get some thrills.


  • #6
    silvine
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,132 ✭✭✭silvine


    Winty wrote: »
    It sad that somebody has died but he was a base Jumper who selfishly did not think of his 7 months pregnant wife when he jumped of a cliff for his own personal pleasure.

    His mother is not blaming him but the rescue team for not sending a helicopter...

    What do you think ? when somebody puts their life at risk do they pick up the bill and send rescuers into danger to safe some thrill seeker?

    http://http://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/base-jumper-who-died-after-being-left-hanging-by-parachute-for-three-hours-could-have-been-saved-by-helicopter-says-mother-7844318.html


    I think you should learn about spelling, grammar and punctuation.


  • Advertisement
  • #7
    Winty
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,033 ✭✭✭Winty


    silvine wrote: »
    I think you should learn about spelling, grammar and punctuation.

    Thanks what bits offend you


  • #8
    Red Hand
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,983 ✭✭✭Red Hand


    Yes, it's his own fault. Tragedy, but that's what he chose to do.


  • #9
    silvine
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,132 ✭✭✭silvine


    Winty wrote: »
    Thanks what bits offend you

    The suggestion that it's his fault, but I figured I'd start with the basics of your post and work from there.


  • #10
    maglite
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,783 ✭✭✭maglite


    We are entitled to do fun and stupid things.

    Should we give up live to live longer. I'm almost certain sports like Football, Horse Riding, Rugby are many times dangerous, not to mention Cars, Bikes etc...


  • #11
    NIMAN
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 37,344 ✭✭✭✭NIMAN


    There would not have been the need for a helicopter if he had not have been stupid.

    Fundamentally his fault, but a sad loss for his family.


  • Advertisement
  • #12
    BattleCorp
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,867 ✭✭✭✭BattleCorp


    This is up there with people who climb mountains and stuff like that.

    If dumb fcuks do dangerous sh1t, then bad things can happen. Don't go blaming other people when sh1t goes bad because of your own stupidity.

    In my opinion, fcukers who do base jumping, mountain climbing and other dangerous stuff should be left there instead of having sensible people risk their lives to go up and save them.


  • #13
    cocoshovel
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,036 ✭✭✭cocoshovel


    Perhaps he is, perhaps he isnt. Did he want to die? Probably not.
    If you crash your car in the morning and die, is it your fault because you chose to get into a metal box that travels at 100kmh? Let him do what he wants and dont give lectures on people's personal interests and hobbies.

    Also the link is borked


  • #14
    af_thefragile
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,161 ✭✭✭af_thefragile


    I often wonder where do all these base jumpers, squirrel suit jumpers, mountain climbers and thrill seekers as such get the money to waste on their frivolous pursuits?? As many such people are "professional" thrill seekers and do little else than finding new places to jump off from...


  • #15
    cocoshovel
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,036 ✭✭✭cocoshovel


    af_thefragile wrote: »
    I often wonder where do all these base jumpers, squirrel suit jumpers and thrill seekers as such get the money to waste on their frivolous pursuits?? As many such people are "professional" thrill seekers and do little else than finding new places to jump off from...

    Thats none of your business where he gets the money from. Honestly some of you people are so dull in here.


  • #16
    ejmaztec
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,369 ✭✭✭✭ejmaztec


    silvine wrote: »
    I think you should learn about spelling, grammar and punctuation.


    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=63152137#post63152137


    :P


  • #17
    Winty
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,033 ✭✭✭Winty


    silvine wrote: »
    The suggestion that it's his fault, but I figured I'd start with the basics of your post and work from there.

    More Please


  • #18
    af_thefragile
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,161 ✭✭✭af_thefragile


    cocoshovel wrote: »
    Thats none of your business where he gets the money from. Honestly some of you people are so dull in here.

    I'm not talking about the guy who died but the guys who do these sorta things in general...


  • #19
    Odysseus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,752 ✭✭✭Odysseus


    maglite wrote: »
    We are entitled to do fun and stupid things.

    Should we give up live to live longer. I'm almost certain sports like Football, Horse Riding, Rugby are many times dangerous, not to mention Cars, Bikes etc...

    I done a small bit of jumping when I was younger, the stats they used to give out was that offically fishing was the most dangerous sport. Apparently world wide more people die whilst fishing than anything else. I knew it was boring but I didn't think it was that bad.


  • #20
    cocoshovel
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,036 ✭✭✭cocoshovel


    af_thefragile wrote: »
    I'm not talking about the guy who died but the guys who do these sorta things in general...

    Still though. people can spend their money on what they like, as long as its legal.


  • #21
    Winty
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,033 ✭✭✭Winty


    ejmaztec wrote: »
    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=63152137#post63152137


    :P
    Thank You ejmaztec.


  • Advertisement
  • #22
    El Weirdo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,651 ✭✭✭✭El Weirdo


    silvine wrote: »
    I think you should learn about spelling, grammar and punctuation.
    And I think you should read the part of the charter that ejmaztec kindly linked to.

    /mod


  • #23
    whatdoicare
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,398 ✭✭✭whatdoicare


    What a stupid fool.

    I'm sure his son/daughter will be delighted to find out that he/she grew up without a father because he thoughtlessly threw his life away in the persuit of his own pleasure.


  • #24
    spurious
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Education Moderators, Paid Member Posts: 27,498 CMod ✭✭✭✭spurious


    Sad all round, but when he was going to be a father he really should have thought a bit more about unnecessarily putting himself in danger. More than just himself to consider in that situation.


  • #25
    MaxSteele
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,109 ✭✭✭MaxSteele


    Yeah it's risky ....

    But leaving him there for three hours on an island as tiny as zante ??

    Pure laziness and carelessness on the emergency services part.

    You could drive the width and breadth of zante in less than three hours. Preventable tragedy imo.


  • #26
    Pigeon Reaper
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,274 ✭✭✭Pigeon Reaper


    Using a helicopter to rescue the casualty is a very bad idea as the down draught would have possibly caught the parachute and finished the job whilst endangering the helicopter crew. The height or the cliff above the casualty and the wind conditions are also omitted from the report which are vital to the use of a helicopter for any casualty extraction. The only safe method is to lower someone from the top.

    Small islands also tend not to have specialist teams with equipment standing by to rescue people. It takes time to get resources to a remote location.


  • #27
    the_syco
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 37,310 ✭✭✭✭the_syco


    She said he had moved onto base jumping from skydiving about two years ago and had travelled around the world to do it. He was in the process of buying a flat with his partner Anita and she believed this was to be his last jump before they started a family together.
    He goes from tobacco to heroin, and she believes it's his last jump? I call shenanigans.

    If you do an extreme sport in the middle of nowhere, don't be surprised when no-one can rescue you!


  • #28
    Shryke
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,199 ✭✭✭Shryke


    cocoshovel wrote: »
    Thats none of your business where he gets the money from. Honestly some of you people are so dull in here.

    They get their thrills opening the fridge.


  • #29
    Winty
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,033 ✭✭✭Winty


    The King of Moo wrote: »
    It's his fault for jumping off big things, and it's also the fault of the people who could've sent help more quickly.

    Thats the thing to send a Helicopter at the drop of a hat is big money and who pays the bill.

    Now i know anyone of us could crash a car or fall down a hole but not many of us take big risks like base jumping so should this guy have considered this and maybe did his sport with others in a controled area and not alone on some beach in the middle of knoewhere?

    Still sad i am not trying to make a dig at the poor chap


  • #30
    kerry4sam
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,127 ✭✭✭✭kerry4sam


    linkie.

    I am sorry for his family & friends. No-one deserves(d) anything like this:
    ... he was left dangling by his tangled parachute for three hours.
    :eek:
    he had moved onto base jumping from skydiving about two years ago and had travelled around the world to do it ... This was their last holiday before the baby. He had already done three jumps and this was his last one before coming home

    That's just pure sad to read tbh!

    All extreme sports carry their risks though. If you are not in to extreme sports then you probably won't grasp that inner feeling that drives; or encourages you to finally make the leap into the unknown.

    Thanks Winty for this.


  • Advertisement
  • #31
    Bell Butter
    Closed Accounts Posts: 127 ✭✭Bell Butter


    There's a great doc on Netflix about base jumping, it's about a guy from London that does most of his base jumping off sky scrapers and apartment blocks, and at night. His wife said she didn't want kids because she would be constantly worrying about him disappearing in the middle of the night and never returning.

    She believed he was addicted to it and would never give it up.


Advertisement
Advertisement