37-year old professional base jumper, Wioletta Roslan, died in the Swiss Alps on what was to be her final jump before giving up the sport. The Swedish woman had made over 600 jumps but on her final leap her parachute failed to open.
She had travelled to Switzerland with her boyfriend Aleksander Domalewski to make her final jump. As soon as they had arrived the pair headed straight to their favourite spot – the Via Ferrata. A friend of Wioletta spoke with her boyfriend following the tragic incident and gave the following account: ”Aleksander jumped at the same time as her and could only watch what happened. He told me that she desperately tried to get her parachute to open without success. It did not open and in the last moment she realised she was not going to succeed. He told me that she had simply spread her arms and waited for the impact.”
In an interview in 2009 Wioletta said: “”I only feel alive when I jump. I find normal life boring. I know that death always flies with me but we only have a certain amount of time on the earth. When the sun goes down then it’s game over whoever you are.”
such a sad story, RIP and vibes
Sometimes, it’s important to know when to fold ‘em.
Never call last run……
RIP Wioletta
second that.^^
2nd to last skip the last
“What WAS to be her last jump”???
Pretty sure she fulfilled that prophecy. It definitely WAS her last jump.
That is quite selfish to take unnecessary risks when pregnant. She had no regard for the life inside her. sad.
While I’m certainly not arguing that this jump was a necessary risk; I could make an argument that driving to the store for a gallon of milk is an unnecessary risk for a pregnant woman as well, especially if you could walk or find someone else to go for you. Because we’ve become accustom to driving to the the point that it’s not thrilling, we typically think nothing of it. But certainly there is tremendous risk associated with driving and we wouldn’t exactly say that all pregnant women who drive have no regard for the life that is in them. I think 600 successful jumps (as perhaps 600 successful trips to the local grocery store) is enough to give a sufficient level of certainty that the person jumping (or driving) is knowledgeable and capable enough for you to
not publicly judge this woman based upon your jackass biases .
Holy Shit you are stupid. I honestly don’t know how to respond to your level of incompetence. Yes I have a bias toward selfish people. I would recommend you take up the sport of backpack base jumping.
so i take it your pro choice?
Don, I agree with you. Cupcake Ice Cream, your logic scares me!
Driving in a car to the store and base jumping are NOT even close to the same level of risk. A pregnant woman or a soon to be father are selfish and reckless to base jump at that time. The consequences of anything going wrong in base jumping are usually deadly. I feel very sorry for her, but it was a risk that should not have been taken, IMHO. To each his/her own.
CIC, you and at least ten others, might be confused.
Driving a car to the store and jumping off a bridge are not the same thing.
I agree with PH. Cupcake is dumb. RIP
He’s totally dumb.
Dumber than an ad hominem.
Except I wasn’t saying they are the same thing. I was saying they both have a high degree of risk involved to an inexperienced person. So perhaps risk should be evaluated relative to experience. Of course bad things can (and will) happen to people regardless of experience, so who are we to sit and judge others for their unfortunate fortunes. None of us are exempt.
Cupcake i see what our saying. We all take risks in our everyday life. Sometimes we forget that everything can be justified with one acronym. YOLO.
with all arguing put aside, this is incredibly sad