Jason Fitz-Herbert

Jason is a very experienced BASE jumper (800 jumps) and instrumental in training many of Australia's first time BASE jumpers. The following is from an eyewitness report. Jason was traveling to the funeral of Roland (Slim) Simpson, who died BASE jumping nine days earlier. While Slim is a dear friend of Jason's this is not a memorial jump. Jason is attempting a very difficult jump he had been working towards for some time. This site requires a good track to achieve adequate separation from the wall and to clear an under hung section. Jason is wearing tracking pants. He performed a single front somersault that over rotated and delayed the start of his track. He pitched his pilot chute but impacted the under hung section prior to full deployment. Jason touched many lives and will be sorely missed. His motivation in recent times is improving the safety of the sport and he's recently appointed the Director of Safety and Training for the Australian BASE Association. It is sure his many friends, and students he's mentored, will forever keep his memory alive. Jason leaves behind his partner Livia, and his former partner Melissa, and their six year old son Blake