Monday, September 5, 2011

Incredible video that shows daredevil base jumper almost wiping out friend in latest death-defying stunt


He's the daredevil base jumper in the flying squirrel suit - who almost wiped out a friend in his latest death-defying stunt.
Jeb Corliss's new mind-blowing movie shows him topping speeds of 122mph as he throws himself off a Swiss mountain.
He comes dangerously close to smashing into the ground on several occasions.

Close call: Jeb Corliss, mid-air in his black wingsuit, narrowly misses a friend who is holding up two balloons for him to try and take
Close call: Jeb Corliss, mid-air in his black wingsuit, narrowly misses a friend who is holding up two balloons for him to try and take

Getting ready: Jeb Corliss puts on his safety helmet before his Swiss mountain jump
Getting ready: Jeb Corliss puts on his safety helmet before his Swiss mountain jump

And at one point he almost wipes out one of his entourage who, bizarrely, is holding a pair of red and white balloons.
Kitted out with three GoPro cameras, the 31-year-old wingsuited Californian wonder is seen in the 'Grinding the Crack' film leaping from the mountain.
The beautiful countryside, which includes a picturesque lake, comes into crystal-clear view as he glides downwards.
Only the flapping of the material on his suit betrays the fact he is whizzing along faster than most cars.
Don't look down: The Swiss mountain from where Jeb Corliss performed his base jump
Don't look down: The Swiss mountain from where Jeb Corliss performed his base jump

Launching: Moments before, Jeb Corliss had leapt off the Swiss mountain
Launching: Moments before, Jeb Corliss had leapt off the Swiss mountain

And on landing, after releasing his parachute, he chuckled: 'Well, I came extremely close on that one.'
The mountain leap is a latest in a long line of terrifying tricks by the notorious adrenaline junkie.
He has already jumped from Paris' Eiffel Tower, Seattle's Space Needle and the Petronas Twin Towers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
In April 2006, he was arrested for trying to throw himself off the observation deck of the Empire State Building, in New York.
And there could be more to come, as Corliss is now in the middle of planning a jump out of a helicopter - to land on the ground without a parachute.
What a view: Cameras chronicled Jeb Corliss' every move as he threw himself off the Swiss mountain
What a view: Cameras chronicled Jeb Corliss' every move as he threw himself off the Swiss mountain
Ecstatic: A very happy Jeb Corliss laughs at the camera after making a safe landing
Ecstatic: A very happy Jeb Corliss laughs at the camera after making a safe landing

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