one very lucky fellow

[Twickle Purple]

Video from the helmet camera of British skydiver Michael Holmes.

It shows him plummeting 12,000ft to earth after both his parachutes failed, saying goodbye to the world... and hitting the ground with a sickening thud at 80mph.

Michael's friend, who jumped from the same plane, also filmed the whole event. He found his pal bleeding and unconscious - but alive.

Click here to go to the site. (http://www.mailonsunday.co.uk/pages/live/articles/mos/skydiver.html?in_article_id=435694&in_page_id=1990&in_a_source=)

This is one very lucky fellow.

[Skywolf]

Holy balls! On my list of "stuff to do before you die" besides petting a Tiger, is skydiving. That will make you think twice, three times, if ever, about that!

[Skywolf]

That man had an angel on his shoulder along with the helmet cam. Damn. ( I still want to skydive though, yup, im nuts)

[Froggirl]

That was on TV here last night. How lucky was he!
7,000 jumps though before anything went wrong and it hasn't put him off. So maybe not so crazy to want to try it :wink: