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==General== | ==General== | ||
*Stunt enthusiast made known | *Stunt enthusiast made known by his failed jump from [[Ascendancy Point]]. | ||
*Was injured after colliding with [[Ascendancy Point]] at it's 19th floor and sliding the rest of the way. | *Was injured after (painfully) colliding with [[Ascendancy Point]] at it's 19th floor and (painfully) sliding the rest of the way. | ||
* | **Suffered a fractured collarbone and several cracked ribs, as well as multiple scrapes and bruises | ||
*Was probably inspired by another successful jump, which took place one week before by an unknown jumper. | |||
**Also used the same maintenance hatch as the successful jumper. | **Also used the same maintenance hatch as the successful jumper. | ||
**Claims to not be the same person as the successful jumper. | **Claims to not be the same person as the successful jumper. | ||
**Eventually it was revealed that he was a part of an extreme puzzling community, which seeks personal bragging rights based on the ability to solve puzzles under extreme duress. | |||
**During his jump he was working on a number of short anagrams, and he blamed the distraction for the unsuccessful end to his jump. | |||
*Was arrested the same night | *Was arrested the same night | ||
**[[Harrah Finnegan]] of [[Perplex City Police Department]] suspects a correlation between the two jumpers. | **[[Harrah Finnegan]] of [[Perplex City Police Department]] suspects a correlation between the two jumpers. | ||
*Was convicted and sentenced on or about 06-SEP-06 on charges of trespassing and public endangerment. | |||
**Judge [[Lucia Janowicz]] sentenced Benton to three months of imprisonment, a PCL20,000 fine, and 200 hours of community service. | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
*article, 22-MAY-06 "Copycat [[Ascendancy Point|Point]] [[Raoul Benton|Jumper]] Injured on Descent" ([http://www.perplexcitysentinel.com/archives/2006/05/copycat_jumper.html link]) | *article, 22-MAY-06 "Copycat [[Ascendancy Point|Point]] [[Raoul Benton|Jumper]] Injured on Descent" ([http://www.perplexcitysentinel.com/archives/2006/05/copycat_jumper.html link]) | ||
*article, 11-SEP-06 "[[Raoul Benton|Guilty Jumper]] Cites [[Ascendancy Point|Extreme Puzzling]] as Motivation" ([http://www.perplexcitysentinel.com/archives/2006/09/guilty_jumper_c.html link]) | |||
Revision as of 20:46, 11 September 2006
General
- Stunt enthusiast made known by his failed jump from Ascendancy Point.
- Was injured after (painfully) colliding with Ascendancy Point at it's 19th floor and (painfully) sliding the rest of the way.
- Suffered a fractured collarbone and several cracked ribs, as well as multiple scrapes and bruises
- Was probably inspired by another successful jump, which took place one week before by an unknown jumper.
- Also used the same maintenance hatch as the successful jumper.
- Claims to not be the same person as the successful jumper.
- Eventually it was revealed that he was a part of an extreme puzzling community, which seeks personal bragging rights based on the ability to solve puzzles under extreme duress.
- During his jump he was working on a number of short anagrams, and he blamed the distraction for the unsuccessful end to his jump.
- Was arrested the same night
- Harrah Finnegan of Perplex City Police Department suspects a correlation between the two jumpers.
- Was convicted and sentenced on or about 06-SEP-06 on charges of trespassing and public endangerment.
- Judge Lucia Janowicz sentenced Benton to three months of imprisonment, a PCL20,000 fine, and 200 hours of community service.
References
- article, 22-MAY-06 "Copycat Point Jumper Injured on Descent" (link)
- article, 11-SEP-06 "Guilty Jumper Cites Extreme Puzzling as Motivation" (link)
