Base Jumping Goes Really Wrong (Extremely Graphic) Updated

As the man in shock who believes he lost his leg, said – “Not cool”. (Graphic)

The man in the video is experienced base jumper Ammon McNeely who was base jumping in Moab Utah when his chute didn’t open and he slammed into a cliff wall.  (Read more at alpinist.com and climbing.com)  His leg did not need to be amputed (so far).  He posted this on climbing website supertopo.com:

“We were with one other jumper who was new, and I voted that Andy goes first, the two new guys go in the middle, and I go last. They had perfect exits, great openings with no wind. I jumped, probably took a tad longer delay than I should have, being it was a new exit with new brake lines, and immediately had a 180-degree opening. I struck the cliff with my left foot and continued rag dolling down the cliff where I finally came to rest on a sloping ledge. I knew I was banged up, but to my utter surprise my foot was flipped on its side looking very similar to a Nalgene bottle with just a sliver of skin keeping it on.”

Found on liveleak.com

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