Daredevil BASE Jumps Off Worlds Highest Waterfall

This helmet-camera footage shows the moment a daredevil BASE jumps off the edge of the world’s highest waterfall. The startling footage was recorded by a group of daredevils at Angell Falls in Venezuela, which is the world's highest uninterrupted waterfall, with a height of 979 metres (3,212 ft) and a plunge of 807 m (2,648 ft). The group of five thrill seekers from Poland are on a tour of the world to BASE jump and abseil down the world’s highest waterfalls and started at Angel Falls. In the video, Pawel Jankowski can be seen at the top of the waterfall when he takes a step forward and jumps off the edge. Drone footage then shows Jankowski spread-eagle as he falls down the waterfall’s rocks face before opening his parachute. The Polish daredevil then gradually drops into the shrubbery below and can be heard shouting with joy as he calls his friends at the top of the waterfall. A second video shows the other four members of the group abseiling down the waterfall. Jankowski said: “I was about 100 metres from the ground and prepared to land when it turned out that there was no place, it was overgrown with jungle”. The group of five, Darek Pachut, Dimitri Wola, Jan Wierzejski, Milosz Forczek and Pawel Jankowski, are taking on ‘The Slide Challenge’, which will see them become the first people to BASE jump of all of the world’s 10-largest waterfalls. Jankowski told Central European News (CEN): "The project is the only one in the world so far. Angel Falls is not a 'virgin waterfall' but every other is which means we will be the first group to climb and abseil and jump from them." He added: "With starting such a project, the first waterfall had to be the highest one.” The group intend to achieve their goal of visiting all 10 waterfalls within three years. The other waterfalls are: Tugela (South Africa, 948 metres), Cataratas las Tres Hermanas (Peru, 914 metres), Olo'upena (USA, 900 metres), Catarata Yumbilla (Peru, 896 metres), Vinnufossen (Norway, 860 metres) (2,820 ft), Balaifossen( 850 m) Pu'uka ' Eye (USA, 840 metres), James Bruce Falls (Canada, 840 metres) and Browne Falls (New Zealand, 836 metres).