Canon City, Colorado-AP -- Authorities in Colorado say an Australian skydiver
was killed today while attempting a stunt. Officials say 30-year-old Dwain
Weston had jumped from an airplane with another parachutist.
Well Duh what would he have been jumping off of a car? Actually don't
answer that I've seen people parachute out of cars
They were supposed to free fall until they reached the one-thousand-foot high
Royal Gorge Bridge
Pull at 4k feet moron.
Weston was supposed to go above the bridge and the other athlete would go
under it.
But Weston, traveling at an estimated 100 miles-an-hour, miscalculated his
distance from the bridge and struck a railing. He fell onto a rock face roughly
300 feet from the bottom of the gorge.
Can I have some Tylenol please? I've got a splitting headache
Before the accident, Weston had participated in the "Go Fast Games," jumping
off the bridge with about 40 other BASE jumpers -- athletes who skydive from
fixed objects.
Technically its Building Antenna Span Earth for those who are interested
The Royal Gorge Bridge is the world's highest suspension bridge.
Does it want a medal for getting first place?
Posted by henry at October 7, 2003 06:21 PM