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Man from China sets world record for highest waterfall dive
A Chinese man named Di Huanran dove his way into the Guinness Book of World Records recently by attempting and succeeding at this dive off a waterfall in Mundanjiang City, China -- the highest ever attempted.
How high? 12.19 meters, or about 40 feet. I know what you're thinking: That's all?
I was thinking the same thing at first. I mean, it's not like I was expecting a video of some guy diving off of Angel Falls in South America, but 40 feet is not that much higher than an Olympic diving platform (which is 32 feet high). But then I imagine standing over the edge where Mr. Di is standing in this video and committing to diving head-first into a tumult of crushing water without really knows what you're diving into. That takes some pretty big stones -- at 20, 40 or however many feet.
This dive was recorded last month.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
simone Nov 19th 2008 5:20PM
fyi watch this vid on mute and you won't want to kill yourself. i bet he was jumping to get away from her squeemishly high voice. (its okay im chinese too so im not bein racist.)
Alis Krslak May 11th 2009 8:54AM
Hi, my name is Alis Krslak. I was born in Jajce, Bosnia and Herzegovina. There is a waterfall about 20m (65ft) high, which attracts tourists because it's located in the center of the town. Since 1950s till 1970s local boys proved their courage by jumping off that waterfall. I knew some of that boys personally (they are grandfathers now). After one or two (as far as I know) lethal attempts, that practice seized.
Waterfall jumps are always dangerous because of underwater rocks, which are common to almost every waterfall.
Thanatopsis Jul 4th 2009 5:35AM
I seriously doubt this. I'm sure there's been plenty of cases of people jumping off of higher waterfalls than this.