Oct 15, 2012
Man swings on a horizontal bar at the edge of a 4,000-foot cliff, bar breaks
Basejumper Richard Henriksen was filming a ludicrous stunt for a Norwegian TV Show: Using a horizontal bar to gain the momentum that would fling him off of a monumentally high precipice.
The bar broke…
Here’s footage from the side showing his descent…
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holy shitballs
Don’t think I’ve ever heard that expression before, but it’s appropriate in this case. He’s lucky that didn’t happen in a gym somewhere or he could have been really hurt.
Lol!
looked like the jankiest setup ever…
He’s lucky he didn’t strike his head, thus allowing him to deploy the chute. Was he injured?