"The base jumper's friend landed safely moments after his pal - identified locally as a 50-year-old German - died instantly after hitting rocks at the back of the sandy beach.
Distressing footage taken by an onlooker showed the horrific sequence of events leading up to yesterday's tragedy in the Portuguese fishing town of Nazare, famous as a surfing destination where world records have been broken.
A man thought to be the third base jumper filmed standing by the pair that leapt off the edge of the cliff, could be heard yelling: 'No, no' as he witnessed what had happened before shouting out to the survivor in English, 'Are you okay?'
Leading Portuguese daily Correio da Manha said the victim was a 50-year-old German. Officials confirmed he was a foreigner.
Police and firefighters were among the emergency services who raced to the scene, but they could nothing to save him.
He was pronounced dead just before 1pm.
The tragedy happened near the same spot where a 29-year-old Swedish man died when his parachute failed to open in July 2013."
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When you're afk in warzone
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It deployed like he was the Coyote
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Blud is cooked
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correction, his chute deployed, just after he hit the ground.
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Umm I think he pulled it a little late
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If anything he pulled it too early (if that's a thing), he pulls it before the survivor.
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No margin of error
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Learn to pack a chute - really, really well.
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Snapshots:
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https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6409237/Thrill-seeker-falls-death-Portugal-parachute-failed.html:
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Why do this? The only thing you can say afterwards is, "I lived" which is=0 (you were already alive)
Unless you didn't. Which is=-1
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i've done a few base jumps, lot of skydiving. it's a feeling you really can't explain. especially when you do your first solo jump
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