[Faline]

Back in March 2011, 28 year old Ivan jumped off a 400 ft power line and slammed into the ground when his parachute failed. He recently tweeted that he has fully recovered from a concussion, brain contusion, broken pelvis, spinal injury, and contusion of the lung.

[cohort66]

The last ten seconds had me rolling

[kellyhound]

lucky to be alive

[MeMyselfandI]

couldn't help but laugh at the Wile E. Coyote comparison...but damn

[Desensitisation]

Love the Wile E. Coyote comparison at the end

[Faline]

His bare hands shaking in nervous anticipation, a young base jumper prepares to throw himself from the top of a 120-metre power pylon.
As the hapless daredevil shuffles tentatively towards the edge of the platform, the anxiety on his face is clear, even in this grainy handheld footage, filmed by a friend.
But little does he know that his fears are about to come true as he finally plucks up the courage to make the leap into the snowy abyss.
Seconds into his fall it becomes clear that the man's parachute has failed to open and he plummets towards the earth in Konakova, Russia.
He hits the ground with a muffled thud and a puff of snow as his friend can only look down from above.
The friend can only look on helplessly as he holds the camera over the precipice to see any signs of life on the floor below.
Miraculously, the man survived the fall after the powdery snow cushions his fall.
He was even able to walk again after three months after fracturing his vertebrae, pelvis and legs.
This unnamed jumper can consider himself lucky after a spate of deaths have marred the perilous sport.
Last month, British base jumper Jake Simkins died after his parachute became tangled on the cliff face while he was base-jumping on a Greek island.
The 41-year-old called his girlfriend, who was almost seven months pregnant, at a nearby hotel to raise the alarm.

[durt]

the pilot chute came out, but the main must have jammed up
lucky he had some snow

[bobblob23]

how did he live through a 400 foot drop?

[Desensitisation]

Originally Posted by bobblob23 ↗

how did he live through a 400 foot drop?

It's not the drop that kills you. It's the abrupt stop at the bottom. Lucky for him, it was slightly less abrupt due to soft snow.

[tonyn]

His bare hands shaking in nervous anticipation, a young base jumper prepares to throw himself from the top of a 120-metre power pylon.

As the hapless daredevil shuffles tentatively towards the edge of the platform, the anxiety on his face is clear, even in this grainy handheld footage, filmed by a friend.

But little does he know that his fears are about to come true as he finally plucks up the courage to make the leap into the snowy abyss.

Seconds into his fall it becomes clear that the man's parachute has failed to open and he plummets towards the earth in Konakova, Russia.

He hits the ground with a muffled thud and a puff of snow as his friend can only look down from above.

The friend can only look on helplessly as he holds the camera over the precipice to see any signs of life on the floor below.

Miraculously, the man survived the fall after the powdery snow cushions his fall.

He was even able to walk again after three months after fracturing his vertebrae, pelvis and legs.

This unnamed jumper can consider himself lucky after a spate of deaths have marred the perilous sport.