Roslyn Walker - Escapology

Escapology was first made famous by the Great Harry Houdini, but soon went into decline after his death on October 31st 1926. The loss of many great escape artists due to retirement over the years since Houdini's death has meant that many people have never witnessed a live escape stunt. Combine this with the fact that there are no hight restrictions or other special requirements means that Roslyn Walker's escape show is the ideal solution for most venues, both indoors and out. Unlike escape artists of the past Roslyn performs ALL of his escapes in FULL VIEW of the audience, which means you get to see everything... at no point does he hide behind a screen or curtain in order to get out! Whether you want a full 45 minute escape show or a one off large scale stunt, Roslyn Walker is here to help.
	The Chrysalis Escape is one of the most dangerous escapes ever created. It has claimed the lives of many of the escape artists that have attempted it, most recently 37-year-old Australian escape artist Rodger MacKenzie was added to this tragic list. Despite this Roslyn Walker decided to attempt his own version of the Chrysalis Escape during the summer of 2006 for Kerrang! radio. Rather than using cloth bags and old world restraints Roslyn wanted to take the original escape and transform it into something special for the 21st century. Instead of using light-weight handcuffs that pre-dated the 20th century Roslyn went in search for the heaviest, most secure shackles that are currently in use today. He found them in Germany made by handcuff and restraint manufacturers Clejuso. The shackles he used weigh a massive 3lb. Next he had them permanently attached to a leather belt, similar to those used by the military when transporting dangerous criminals. However, the belt itself secures at the back with a padlock.
To make matters worse the arms are secured by two leather straps with the arms crossed in front before they are placed in the shackles. The leather straps are also secured by padlocks. As the icing on the cake Roslyn also had a crotch strap attached to the belt that fastened at the rear with yet another lock. In the original Chrysalis Escape the escape artist has his (or indeed her) head placed inside a canvas bag. Although this restricted the escape artists breathing it did still allow the escape artist to breath. So, Roslyn replaced the canvas bag with a clear plastic one. Having only one minute of air inside the bag meant that time was immediately against him. If that wasn't enough the bag was held in place with a metal collar that was locked in place with a padlock. Most escape artists would stop there, and they'd be right to do so, but Roslyn wanted to add one final touch... an airtight BODY BAG. In the original Chrysalis the escape artist was placed inside a large canvas bag. This did a few things; first it restricted the escape artists movement, secondly if the escape artist got in to trouble during the escape no-one would know until it was too late and finally the air inside the bag would heat up during the escape to deadly levels. Again, Roslyn wanted to change the use of the canvas bag to something that; one people would recognise and two would add an extra element of danger not found in the original escape. The body bag did just that. Due to nature of its intended use a body bag is fully airtight. It is also water tight, which means as it heats up none of the hot air or moisture can get out. There is only 8 minutes of air inside the bodybag, so even after escaping the head bag suffocation is still a major possibility. Roslyn Walker managed to escape the Chrysalis in just under 10 minutes.