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Extreme Skier Shane McConkey Dies in Base Jumping Accident
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| 3-27-2009
Posted on 03/27/2009 1:01:01 PM PDT by My Favorite Headache
Friday, March 27, 2009
Print ShareThisCanadian extreme skier and base jumper, Shane McConkey, died Thursday following a ski-base accident that ocurred while filming his latest movie in Italy, the Inquisitr reported.
McConkey, 39, experienced problems in the air after jumping off of a cliff in the expectation that he would be able to detach his skis and deploy his parachute, thus enabling him to glide safely to the ground, according to the Inquisitr.
According to a witness, one of McConkey's skis failed to detach causing him to spin out of control and ultimately prevented him from deploying his parachute, the Inquisitr reported.
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To: My Favorite Headache
“3½-year-old daughter Ayla”
To: My Favorite Headache
To: My Favorite Headache
To: My Favorite Headache
Check out the equipment man. Jessica would!
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posted on
03/27/2009 1:03:39 PM PDT
by
rocksblues
(Sarah and Joe, Real Americans!)
To: chuck_the_tv_out
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posted on
03/27/2009 1:04:48 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(And oh, Hey! I've been travelin' on this road too long)
To: peace with honor
Dude had BALLS of steel.
To: My Favorite Headache
Sad, but if you play with fire, eventually you’ll get burned.
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posted on
03/27/2009 1:04:59 PM PDT
by
JenB987
To: My Favorite Headache
I guess that’s what extreme stupidity sometimes brings. RIP
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posted on
03/27/2009 1:05:13 PM PDT
by
pissant
(THE Conservative party: www.falconparty.com)
To: chuck_the_tv_out
“3½-year-old daughter Ayla”That alone would make me think twice before attempting any life-threatening stunts.
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posted on
03/27/2009 1:05:15 PM PDT
by
al_c
(Avoid the consequences of erudite vernacular utilized irrespective of necessity)
To: My Favorite Headache
Very sad for his family ... but it seems like it would more newsworthy if he HADN’T died.
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posted on
03/27/2009 1:05:20 PM PDT
by
Tax-chick
("Never offend people with style when you can offend them with substance." ~Sam Brown)
To: My Favorite Headache
"...expectation that he would be able to detach his skis and deploy his parachute, thus enabling him to glide safely to the ground... Yet again, another example of Darwinian evolution unfolding right before our very eyes.
To: My Favorite Headache
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posted on
03/27/2009 1:07:20 PM PDT
by
E. Pluribus Unum
("Only after disaster can we be resurrected." -- Tyler Durden)
To: My Favorite Headache
A few years ago I was supposd to produce a TV special for NBC on Extreme Sports. I contacted the agents of all the most famous extreme athletes I knew about and every single one of them was dead. The special was ditched.
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posted on
03/27/2009 1:08:01 PM PDT
by
Deb
(Beat him, strip him and bring him to my tent!)
To: rocksblues
Don’t follow. Why would not being able to detach his skies, effect his ability to deploy his parachute?
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posted on
03/27/2009 1:08:17 PM PDT
by
AxelPaulsenJr
(Please God Save The United States From The Democrats, and Barack Hussein Obama. Amen.)
To: al_c
Yup.
I quit roadracing motorcycles the year my son came along.
But, WOW, do I ever miss it!!
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posted on
03/27/2009 1:08:34 PM PDT
by
WayneS
(Respect the 2nd Amendment; Repeal the 16th)
To: chuck_the_tv_out
His choice to engage in extremely high risk activities.
Very sad for his little girl.
To: My Favorite Headache
Prayers up.
Here's a
video of him ski-base-ing off of a building. It was a successful jump. You can see the skis detach.
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posted on
03/27/2009 1:09:13 PM PDT
by
mysterio
To: AxelPaulsenJr
I agree. There almost has to be more to it. Maybe the chute got tangled in the ski?
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posted on
03/27/2009 1:09:22 PM PDT
by
WayneS
(Respect the 2nd Amendment; Repeal the 16th)
To: chuck_the_tv_out
The family will issue a statement that he died doing what he loved. Sad for a child to lose her daughter so young.
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posted on
03/27/2009 1:09:49 PM PDT
by
EDINVA
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