Posted on 07/21/2005 5:59:08 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
He was known as Peter Pan - the boy who could fly - but something went fatally wrong moments after Australian Darcy Zoitsas leapt from a 1000-metre Norwegian BASE jumping site.
As he hurtled down the huge cliff face of Kjerag Peak in western Norway his parachute failed to open on Monday.
"I used to call him Peter Pan, the boy who can fly and refuses to grow up and are surrounded by lost boys. He would smile in recognition and call me his Wendy," wrote Lesley Assersen at an online remembrance message board.
"I had hoped to live with him a lifetime. I was lucky enough to get 3 years. Our relationship was like the way he lived, intense," she said.
His name has yet to be released officially but Ms Assersen said Darcy was so enthralled by the high peaks, he would swap chairs with her at a restaurant so he could gaze over the mountainous landscape.
She said he loved BASE jumping at Kjerag Peak and would not want to see it forbidden.
"Good bye Peter Pan, have fun in Never Never Land and keep on flying!" she wrote.
More than 18,000 BASE jumpers have leapt from Kjerag Peak since 1994, with 76 accidents resulting in nine deaths.
Looks like Peter Pan turned into Peanut Butter.
Assersen is right.
Those odds suck.
Peter Pancake.
Darwin's Peak
ACME brand parachute? Wiley Coyote sends his condolences.
JD ping!
Now that I think about it, it would be pretty cool to leap off a cliff and parachute down.
Peter Pan, meet Charles Darwin.
you call him peter pan, i call him damned fool.
As long as there are not people on the ground who might be hit by the falling chunks, let them jump. They are all well informed of the risks involved.
Ha ha... I *would* post something sympathetic but most intelligent people don't go jumping off 1000-meter cliffs, parachute or no parachute.
At 500m, still chunky. By 100m, pretty smooth...
***....BASE Jumping is an acronym derived from "B" for building, "A" for antennae or television tower, "S" for span or bridge, and "E" for earth (cliff or mountain). BASE jumpers throw themselves off buildings and cliffs, opening a safety parachute only at the last minute. Such jumps are illegal in most countries....*** Source
So does that mean at 1000m he's dust?
"Looks like Peter Pan turned into Peanut Butter.'
You owe me a keyboard. LOL!!!!
Your answer can be found in post #12 :^)
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