—
BASE seasons
1200
BASE jumps
—
WS BASE jumps
—
Skydives
—
WS skydives
Incident
- Incident category:
- BASE Fatality
- ID:
- BFL85
- Object:
- Building
- Cause of death:
- Object strike under canopy
- Date:
- 22. 10. 2004
- Time:
- —
- Exit point:
- China › Shanghai, › Shanghai,
- Exit type:
- Vertical
Personal
- Name:
- Roland 'Slim' Simpson
- Gender:
- Male
- Nationality:
- Australian
- Age:
- —
- Experience:
- —
Equipment & Setup
- Canopy:
- —
- Canopy size:
- —
- Container:
- —
- Suit:
- Unspecified › Unknown - Unspecified WS
- Packing:
- Slider Up
- Deployment:
- BOC
Circumstances
- Weather:
- Sunny Medium winds
- Factors:
- Line twists
Description
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.
Gallery