Post date: Aug 07, 2012 9:16:21 PM
CHACHAPOYAS, PERU (RED BULL HANDOUT) - A Belgian man took a daring leap from the world's fifth-tallest free-leaping waterfall in Peru's Amazon jungle which sent him racing towards the ground at speeds up to 200 kilometres per hour (125 mph).
A Belgian man plunges 771 metres at speeds up to 200 km/h after jumping off the world's fifth-tallest water fall in the Peruvian Amazon.
World renowned B.A.S.E. jumper Cedric Dumont led a four-hour expedition through the thick jungle to the remote Gocta Waterfall which was largely unknown to the outside world until 2005.
After carefully studying the conditions while staring down the 771 vertical meters (2,530 feet), Dumont jumped over the ledge of the falls and plunged straight towards the earth for a heart-pounding ten seconds before safely deploying his parachute.
The adrenaline packed freefall was captured on film by Colombian jumper, Jhonathan Florez, who made the leap alongside Dumont.
Both landed safely at the bottom of the waterfall after completing the exhilarating feat for the extreme sport of B.A.S.E. jumping which consist of jumping from fixed structures like bridges, buildings and mountains and opening a parachute just before reaching the ground.
"it was one of the most intense jumps I've ever done," said Dumont.
"And when you start flying and you see this jungle coming up because it like a canyon, and you see it coming closer and closer, and you still have this waterfall on the right side, this is so intense," he added.
Dumont says he has completed more than 2,000 B.A.S.E. jumps and said he wanted to jump off the picturesque Peruvian waterfall ever since he first laid eyes on it in November 2011.