58.8m High Dive World Record Full Version

I once jumped from about 15 m, and I remember having enough time to think “I’ve been falling for way too long”

I fell off my bunkbed once…as a kid. That’s my high dive record.

Reminds me of when I climbed up a cliff and was about to jump off about 40 feet cliff. Just about the time I was measuring up enough courage to do it and jump feet first, this 13-year-old girl walks up turns around and does a backwards swan dive. That happened 30 years ago and I’m still trying to find my manhood.

I jumped out of bed this morning. Just thought I'd add my own anecdote to be part of the comments.

I have cliff jumped off of 28 meters (unfortunately after a few beers) and the fall time & impact is overwhelming. My equilibrium was super messed up and it felt like I had cracked my tailbone. How skilled you have to be to pull off almost a 200ft jump is next level...

This is the closest I’ll ever get to doing something like that, and I’m happy with that!

This is amazing. Love all the comments of others jumping off crazy heights too. When I was kid I used to freeze at the edge of the 5m board at our local pool and would end up climbing back down the ladders when I was bone dry... The shame 😂

As a non-diver, this is impressive AF. If I were a diver, I can imagine this is way more impressive than that.

I did this but much shorter distance. The problem, if you are not aware, is that when you hit the water, the bottom of your shoes, if angled the wrong way can cause your leg from the knee down to shoot out in an undesirable direction with a lot of force. I ended up laying on the shore for about fifteen minutes in pain because one of my knees was Seriously hyper-extended. It's been 30 years since my jump and I still have a weak knee from it.

Professional divers do call feet first entry into the water a dive....especially from that height. His neck would break if he went head first. The fact that he can even crawl is miraculous 👏

for all those who don't know: the waters surface tension is being reduced by flow and bubbles. usually such jumps have safety precautions like sunken grids oxygenating the water to break surface tension for the dive

I jumped off a 30' ledge into a lake at a bad forward angle. I didn't think a person could have the wind so violently knocked out of the lungs and not die as a result. Controlling desperate panic saved me from drowning, a skill learned while surfing.

It's actually perfectly safe to jump from almost any height. It's just the landing bit that can suck...

I used to jump off the quarries in Quincy, MA. The highest I ever jumped from was around 80'. That was into a much bigger water landing and that was scary as sh!t. This is almost 200'! This guy is truly insane.

I really wonder if wearing the helmet wasn't a mistake. Hitting the water at 123Kmh feet first, he was instantly decelerated significantly, compressing his spine. An instant later, as he was probably still traveling at a speed in excess of 80Kmh, that helmet became an instant "aqau-parachute", causing more rapid deceleration. Firmly strapped to his head, he's lucky it didn't cause an Atlanto-occipital dislocation....effectively a separation of your skull from your spine while leaving your head attached to the tissue of the neck. No wonder he appeared to be rather shaken up as he exited the water. But at least when he is 65 (assuming he lives that long if he keeps doing things like this) he'll know why he can't turn is head any more.

This brought back memories of "Wide World of Sports", they had cliff diving every now and then. I don't think the competitors were anywhere near this high, but I recall they had to push away when they jumped so they could get away from the rocks. Have never wanted/needed that kind of an adrenaline rush, but sure admire those who do!

Don’t need to have that on my bucket list now , glad somebody beat me too it . Congrats , brave man .. you did it !

Wish they’d show how they built that platform…impressive.

This is a pretty smart place to jump. A.) You know its deep enough and B.) The waterfall is breaking the surface tension of the pool so the impact force is reduced. Turbulent water hurts a lot less than still water

One shot with full scale and no music would have been nice to give a pure feeling. Other than that, crazy and congrats!