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Unread postby swtvault » Sun Dec 29, 2002 2:05 am

Prisoner on run after pole-vaulting perimeter wall

A prisoner in Chile is on the run after pole-vaulting the jail's four-metre-high perimeter wall with a washing-line pole.

Investigators found a picture of Ukrainian pole-vault champion Sergei Bubka on his cell wall in Coronel jail.

The fugitive, Luis Fernando Mena, is the chief suspect in a supermarket hold-up during which the shop's owner was shot dead. He was being held on murder and robbery charges.

The 19-year-old made the vault just before dinner when there were no other prisoners in the exercise yard. Guards say they couldn't believe their eyes.

La Cuarta newspaper says Mena had disappeared before they reacted.

The regional prison authorities have begun an internal inquiry into how Mena came to have access to the pole.


Story filed: 16:17 Thursday 4th April 2002
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Unread postby ctvaulter » Sun Dec 29, 2002 2:07 am

amazing! i want to try now!!! haha, how did he manage to do that!!! wouldn't the pole bend be messed up?
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Unread postby wacky274 » Sun Dec 29, 2002 2:24 am

lol, what a way to escape....that'd be sweet to watch
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Unread postby rainbowgirl28 » Sun Dec 29, 2002 2:25 am

That is an awesome story!
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Unread postby xtremevaulter » Sun Dec 29, 2002 7:17 pm

I can't believe that. That story just doesn't sound at all possible. :P
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Unread postby rainbowgirl28 » Fri Oct 01, 2004 10:57 am

^bump

Here's the link to the original article

http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_56 ... s.quirkies
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Unread postby mdavis2685 » Fri Oct 01, 2004 12:15 pm

thats awesome haha
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Unread postby blazerunner121 » Fri Oct 01, 2004 3:05 pm

that prisoner is one hella of a smart person. i don't think anyone in the world would have thought of vaulting over 4.00m walls. 4 meters is really high ... he must have fell down hard on the floor over the wall. :dazed:
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Unread postby Lord of the Poles » Fri Oct 01, 2004 3:48 pm

yea, not only did he vault it, he apparently did pretty damn well to make it over. what's my PR? 12'6 (3.81 meters)? that's high enough as it is! lol
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Unread postby i_heart_pv » Sat Oct 02, 2004 8:40 am

i think they should make that into a movie :P
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Unread postby breaker » Sat Oct 02, 2004 12:16 pm

sweet!!! i think he deserves to stay out of jail just because his means by which he escaped were so uber neat!!!
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