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Functions properly, it's a good day. but for this guy, jumping without deploying a parachute is the whole point. >> one mistake when you are close to the ground. >> it's one of the most daring stunts you'll ever see and it's caught on camera. may 25th, 2012, henley entames, england. he is attempting to jump from 2400 feet without a parachute. a film and tv stuntman and avid base jumper, he is no stranger to high flying fets. >> i have jumped from the eiffel tower, rid an bmx bike, the london eye, inside the millennium dome.

See you guys. >> on a new mexico bridge, a base jumper's ambitious attempt at acrobatics spins out of control as he crash lands on the bottom of a rocky gorge. >> he just died. >> they say if you start base jumping, you're going to die base jumping. it's only a matter of time. >> in 1998, base jumper alex walkling attempts his 98th base jump off the rio grande gorge bridge in taos, new mexico. his brother ralph is there to film it. alex estimates the 600-foot drop will last eight seconds, giving him a four-second free-fall before he has to pull the rip cord. >> if you don't pull your chute in ...

>> he's had a couple of drinks at this point. he's had a few vodka cranberries. >> but as the boozy b.a.s.e. jumper prepares to take the plunge -- >> a california highway patrol officer drives up. >> police. >> don't even think about it. pull it back up right now. >> i'll sit here and wait for you. >> options are "a," get in the back of a cop car with a guy who looks pretty pissed, or "b," b.a.s.e. jump over an ocean. i'm going with "b" any day. >> i'm sorry. i got to do it. >> the guy does it. does a little roll in the sky, pops the chute out. then about 15 seconds later there he is on a beac...

Back at the station -- >> i walked in the door and i had a big grin on my face and i said, you guys have to see this. the jaws were dropped. >> the footage rob shot goes viral, garnering more than 1.5 million hits on youtube. since the wreck, the ramp has been redesigned to better ensure truck driver safety. to this day, rob still marvels at how he wound up at the right place at the right time, even though it was the wrong place and wrong time for the driver. >> the fact that i had my camera set up and pointed towards the ramp when the truck was coming down. i can't imagine -- i am speechless....

Look at me on this bike, this is awesome. take my picture, dude, quick. i'm doing it. >> ah, dude, thanks a lot, man. geez -- i'm trying to jump off this -- >> i'm a base jumper and i jump off of bridges and antennas and parachutes and now i am sitting on more base jumps than anybody on the planet. >> but dasher takes it to the next level when a buddy of his makes a unique request. >> a friend of mine makes packing movies, and he asked me if i could jump out of an airplane with a kayak. >> he loves skydiving but kayaking is a different story. >> and kayaks and river is a scary sport, because y...