[kellyhound]

January 2025. He throws the stone first to break the surface of the water.

[kellyhound]

July 2025. A young adrenaline junkie was left with horrific injuries after attempting a world record death dive off a 140-foot Australian waterfall.

Vali Graham, 21, suffered a fractured spine, sternum, skull, and burst eardrum after he jumped from the top of Minnehaha Falls in the Blue Mountains, a scenic region west of Sydney in New South Wales.

Footage captured Graham free-falling from the top of the waterfall before slamming into a waterhole below, knocking himself unconscious when he landed in a pike position.

Death diving is an extreme sport where daredevils leap from significant heights into a body of water. Divers do a controlled belly flop before closing in a tuck position.

The Newcastle native was rushed to the hospital and underwent emergency surgeries, according to local media.

The world record for the tallest dive, just shy of 137-feet, is currently held by Swiss diver Lucien Charlon.

The Australian death diver thanked God on social media for his speedy recovery.

“Update: ‘God gives us the gift of suffering’ after sending this monster 42.5m cliff, I was knocked unconscious,” he said.

Amazingly, after regaining consciousness, Graham was able to pull himself out of the water and walk back to a car where his friends took him to a hospital.

[houseoftechno]

Over-rotated and was late on deploying the pike.

[Mr.NoCredit]

I worked with a bungee company for over a year before I started skydiving. I was at a bridge in Weitchpec , California for my birthday one year doing a bunch of jumps from the bridge there. Some drunken Indian thought he didn’t need cords and free jumped over 140 feet. He was knocked unconscious and did the deadman float for a bit before he regained consciousness. He started swimming down and one of his feet broke the water surface and he changed direction. He finally floated down stream to a rock and crawled out. His left ear was hanging by a thread of skin. No ideas of any other injuries. It was a pretty insane day watching him flop from that high up…

Cool post!

We need more posts here as they don’t come very often anymore.

[ezeemonee]

Crazy that in the first video from Jan 2025, the guy is jumping into water with large ice sheets floating on it. Hard enough to do the jump, but then also freeze after entering the water?

[DarkSighted]

Well. the rock didn't die, so obviously it was ok for him to follow it down...

[AllegedlyHere]

Minnehaha Falls had the last (haha) laugh.

[yah]

Originally Posted by kellyhound ↗

The world record for the tallest dive, just shy of 137-feet, is currently held by Swiss diver Lucien Charlon.

Because he failed to land correctly and suffered catastrophic injuries, the record was not formally recognized; the official record remains held at 41.7 meters by Swiss diver Lucien Charlon. Despite public criticism for taking such an extreme risk, Graham recovered quickly, was walking days after surgery, and has shared his story on social media as both a lesson in resilience and a viral cautionary tale about the dangers of extreme cliff jumping.*