Adam Gibson

From a report: Adam over rotated his front loop and went fully head down for almost the entire freefall trying to correct it. At the last second he obviously realized he couldn't make it and threw his pilot chute, but did not have time to extract anything else as he hit the ledge. He died instantly as was confirmed by the autopsy report. A word about aerials: There was another jumper with Adam who has since penned a heartfelt awakening concerning aerials after they both agreed to do aerials on this jump. The gainer. The truth of it is, at some point this summer, the gainer became my 'crutch' move. I can finally be honest about that. I had always heard about people that struggled to do a flat and stable exit because all they ever did were aerials, I hadn't realized that I had moved in that direction. I was scared and gainers made me feel confident, so that's probably why I saw what I wanted to see when I looked over that ledge. Beyond that, I really thought that I could pull it off. Of course, the true test of a successful jump is not whether you can 'pull it off,' but rather if you can repeat it.