Wingsuit Pilot Off the Hook With Slap on Wrist
By Steve Casimiro, Adventure Journal on January 19th, 2012
Jeb Corliss, the wingsuit pilot who crashed in South Africa’s Table Mountain National Park, breaking both legs, won’t be arrested and charged with jumping without a permit, park authorities said, rescinding their previous statements. He will be fine 1,500 rand, however — about $189. The production company that filmed him without a permit won’t be slapped either, proving the old saw how it’s better to ask forgiveness. And in what might be the quote of the year so far, park spokesperson Merle Collins, warning others not to jump, said, “The man is an expert stunt man and if he can fall, then what about your lesser beings?” Via Times Live.
