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Video: GoPro footage from BASE jumper’s brush with death

Posted at 9:16 PM, Dec 05, 2013
and last updated 2013-12-05 23:19:31-05

Cliff Strike 11/24/2013 from Subterminallyill on Vimeo.

WARNING: While the video is not graphic, some viewers may find the content unsettling.

In this astonishing video, a BASE jumper strikes a cliff multiple times while falling. According to the video description, the man suffered “Compression Fracture of the T12 Vertebra, 5 stitches to the eye, 6 stitches to the chin, severely sprained Back, wrist and hand. multiple bruised areas.”

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