Off to a rocky start! Incredible video shows Utah base jumper missing his landing spot atop huge rock formation, moments before plunging over the side of it while whooping
- A man has filmed the moment he lost his footing on the Fisher Towers in Utah
- Breathtaking footage shows him slipping from atop one of the rocky formations
- He made a lucky escape however and is seen soaring through the sky whooping
Scary footage captured the moment a base jumper missed his landing spot high atop a rocky Utah outcrop – and plunged towards the ground after falling over the edge of it.
The clip sees the unidentified daredevil coming in to land on one of the umber-colored rock formations near Moab.
But it isn’t big enough for the base jumper to slow himself down properly as he comes in to land.
And moments later, the base jumper can be seen crying out with shock as he overshoots and begins to topple over the edge.
Thankfully, the man’s parachute was working, and he was able to land safely a few moments later.
A man soaring through the breathtaking Fisher Towers in Moab, Utah has captured the terrifying moment he misses his landing, plunging off the edge of the rocky formation
Magnificent footage of the nail-biting ordeal, leaves viewer’s on tenterhooks as he gracefully glides to atop one of the sandstone capped towers before slipping and falling off the edge
‘Touch and go baby! Touch and go!’ the man is heard yelling following the near-escape.
The video uploaded to YouTube on Tuesday has had thousands of views with many commenting on how lucky the base jumper was to not have his chute caught.
‘Imagine a big rock falling on his parachute after he misses the landing,’ said one user.
‘No protective gear? I would at least be wearing knee pads. That would hurt,’ said another.
In an ominous comment one user said: ‘You lucky dog next time you won’t be lucky.’
‘That was not touch and go! That was God saving a person determined to kill themselves for fun!’ said another user.
‘Touch and go, more like wtf was that, scraping to hold on, wind finally pulled you off like a cat clawing to hold-on…okay whatever dude@least your [sic] alive…’ said one user.
Fisher Towers are a series of towers made of Cutler sandstone capped with Moenkopi sandstone and caked with a stucco of red mud located near Moab, Utah.
While grasping at the slippery rock face, the man appears to start breathing heavily, as he comes to terms with the gravity of the situation
In a lucky escape, the man is seen continuing to soar through the sky with his parachute whooping loudly as viewers are met with a bird’s eye view of the potential drop
Fisher Towers are a series of towers made of Cutler sandstone capped with Moenkopi sandstone and caked with a stucco of red mud located near Moab, Utah
The Towers are named for a miner who lived near them in the 1880s.
In a caption for the video the man wrote: ‘I was BASE jumping in the Fisher Towers area and attempted to land on top of the tower, but I overshot it.’
Although this base jumper was able to escape without injury, the same can’t be said of others who have taken the plunge while taking part in the extreme sport.
In March last year, a base jumper’s parachute ripped in mid-air, leaving him clinging to the side of a cliff edge for an hour.
Footage filmed by Johnni DiJulius in Phoenix, Arizona, shows him counting down for BASE jumping before he begins to parachute and loses control, hitting the edge of the cliff.
His leg bends backwards and he fights to regain his balance, soaring down the cliff in an unstable manner.
The terrified thrill seeker then says: ‘I’ve shredded my f***ing canopy!’
Footage filmed by Johnni DiJulius in Phoenix, Arizona, shows him counting down for the jump before losing control and hitting the edge of the cliff
His leg bends backwards and he fights to regain his balance, soaring down the cliff in an unstable manner
In the footage, he glides in the air smoothly for a while but then careers into another part of the cliff at speed as his parachute fails.
Using his upper body strength, he hangs on tightly to the edge and hoists himself up to recover from the traumatic ordeal.
DiJulius shared the death-defying incident on Instagram on January 31, with the caption: ‘I was hesitant to show this, but I fortunately walked away with no injuries.’
In 2020, first responders in Arizona released incredible footage that shows the moment they rescued a base jumper who became stuck on the side of a mountain.
Scott Frankson was base jumping off Superstition Mountains when his parachute got hooked on a sheer face vertical wall.
Frankson was suspended nearly 300 feet in the air, hanging from his parachute on the north side of Siphon Draw, officials from the Arizona Department of Public Safety said.
First responders in Arizona have released incredible footage that shows the moment they rescued base jumper, Scott Frankson (pictured, before he was rescued), who became stuck on the side of a mountain last week
According to the Superstition Fire and Medical District, Frankson (circled) was approximately ‘1000ft to the bottom’ of the mountains, which are the largest of the mountain ranges surrounding Phoenix
Sunday’s incident wasn’t the first time Frankson (pictured in 2015) had a dangerous experience while base jumping in Arizona. In 2015, Frankson jumped off a cliff near the Peralta Trail of the Superstition Mountains with some friends when they became tangled
In the footage, Frankson, who works as a carpenter, is seen dangling from the parachute while a trooper was being lowered 267 feet down by a helicopter.
Authorities said the trooper ‘secured the subject with a capture strap and cut him free from his parachute lines.’
According to the Superstition Fire and Medical District, Frankson was approximately ‘1000ft to the bottom’ of the mountains, which are the largest of the mountain ranges surrounding Phoenix.
Despite the dramatic rescue, Frankson and some of his friends went back to the area a few days later to retrieve the parachute.
‘Parachute recovery mission,’ Frankson shared on Instagram with several photos and videos showing them gearing up for the retrieval.
Frankson shared the post on Wednesday, just days after he was rescued.
‘Thanks again to my climbing friends. I asked them if they wanted to go 300 feet down a wall to retrieve a parachute and they said ‘hell yea’,’ Frankson says in one of the videos.
The Texan’s parachute immediately got caught in a sudden gust after leaping from the roof
Emergency services attended the scene where the adrenaline junkie was still conscious
In 2018, an American adrenaline junkie crushed both of his legs after his parachute got caught in a sudden wind and skewed his landing.
John Michael, from Texas, crushed both of his legs in a botched base jump attempt after the unexpected winds.
The jump took place in Bryne, Norway, off one of the highest buildings in the city.
Stavenger Aftenblad reported that John Michael was conscious when he was rushed to hospital.
Michael leaped from the Forum Jaeren building after receiving approval from the building manager.
Forum Jaeren is a 222 foot high skyscraper in the southwestern city.
The Texan’s parachute immediately got caught in a sudden gust after leaping from the roof of the 20-floor building on the 26th of June.
Kevin Morroun was a skydiving instructor and traveled around the country seeking bigger and better BASE jumps before he died
Friends and family mourned the loss of Morroun, one scrawled this into the side of a local cliff
As a result of his uneasy landing, John crushed both of his legs and was rushed to the hospital 30 km away in Stavenger and is currently recovering at home.
No more base-jumping is allowed on the building after the incident.
Two people died in separate BASE jumping accidents in Utah, in 2014.
Kevin Morroun, 35, of Moab, was the first fatality. He died in a jump from an area known as ‘the sweet spot’ in Mineral Canyon. The second jumper died in Zion National Park.
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