We blogged the other day about base jumper Jeb Corliss' leap off Table Mountain. Well he decided to jump again...and was lucky to survive when things didn't go quite according to plan...

During his second jump, which he was fliming for HBO, he dropped over 200 feet and smashed into the rocks below, breaking both legs in the process. Media reports say that he would probably have died if he hadn't managed to get his chute off on his way down.

At this stage it's unclear what exactly went wrong...

Here is the video clip from the near-fatal jump (he's in black).

 

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