-Vintage Canuck- Posted April 29, 2013 Share Posted April 29, 2013 A Guinness record-holder died Sunday while repeating his stunt: traveling on a zip line using his hair: An Indian daredevil who made it into the Guinness Book of World Records died Sunday while repeating a version of his stunt, reports the BBC. Sailendra Nath Roy entered the record books in 2011 after traveling the farthest recorded distance on a zip line ... using his hair. He attempted to cross the Teesta River via ponytail and zip line once again, in front of hundreds of onlookers in West Bengal. But Roy became stuck just shy of halfway through the 600-foot journey, reports India Today, after his hair got stuck in the line's wheeler; within 45 minutes he was dead. Though Roy wore a life jacket, he apparently didn't arrange for emergency aid. "He was desperately trying to move forward. He was trying to scream out some instruction. But no one could follow what he was saying," said a photographer at the scene. In fact, India Today reports that spectators, unaware of what was happening, continued to clap as he struggled. He eventually lost consciousness and died of a massive heart attack, according to doctors. Rescuers were able to remove him from the line after about 45 minutes. A sad coda: A friend tells the BBC that Roy had told his wife, who was worried for his safety, this would be his last stunt. In 2008, he pulled the nearly 39-ton Darjeeling toy train using his ponytail. http://www.usatoday....7/?sf12238341=1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gross-Misconduct Posted April 29, 2013 Share Posted April 29, 2013 Did his hair survive? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom-The-Great Posted April 29, 2013 Share Posted April 29, 2013 cue the "hair" puns..... anndddd..... go! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inane Posted April 29, 2013 Share Posted April 29, 2013 Not sure that's tragic. Just stupid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeNiro Posted April 29, 2013 Share Posted April 29, 2013 Hair today, gone tomorrow... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theminister Posted April 29, 2013 Share Posted April 29, 2013 Pretty hair brained stunt. / Question though.... why a heart attack? Panic? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HTania Posted April 29, 2013 Share Posted April 29, 2013 What a waste of life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inane Posted April 29, 2013 Share Posted April 29, 2013 "Tragedy is when I cut my finger. Comedy is when you fall into an open sewer and die." - Mel Brooks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Bookie Posted April 29, 2013 Share Posted April 29, 2013 Pretty hair brained stunt. / Question though.... why a heart attack? Panic? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raffi Torres's Smirk Posted April 29, 2013 Share Posted April 29, 2013 Not sure that's tragic. Just stupid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gross-Misconduct Posted April 29, 2013 Share Posted April 29, 2013 thats a hairy situation Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theminister Posted April 29, 2013 Share Posted April 29, 2013 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dogbyte Posted April 29, 2013 Share Posted April 29, 2013 Ridiculous Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshuaGuy Posted April 29, 2013 Share Posted April 29, 2013 Yeah, is it tragic if it's self-inflicted? This reminds me of the 9/11 firefighters being called heroes when they were just doing their job. USA Today is pretty sensationalist so I'm not too surprised. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nuxfanabroad Posted April 29, 2013 Share Posted April 29, 2013 Tragic, really...Someone coulda' told this guy the bald truth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monty Posted April 29, 2013 Share Posted April 29, 2013 Yeah, is it tragic if it's self-inflicted? This reminds me of the 9/11 firefighters being called heroes when they were just doing their job. USA Today is pretty sensationalist so I'm not too surprised. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gross-Misconduct Posted April 29, 2013 Share Posted April 29, 2013 I'd rather knot get all tied up in this thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apples Posted April 29, 2013 Share Posted April 29, 2013 Tragic. RIP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strawberries Posted April 29, 2013 Share Posted April 29, 2013 poor guy no one could hair him yelling for help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nuxfanabroad Posted April 29, 2013 Share Posted April 29, 2013 Compassion please, it IS a sad way to part. Thanks to the OP, for this moving hair-piece. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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