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Gob
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What a shot!!

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This is the moment a foolhardy daredevil launched himself from a 100ft cliff in one of the most reckless tombstoning stunts caught on camera in the UK.

The unnamed adrenalin junkie made the heart-stopping leap of faith from cliffs near Penzance, Cornwall.

He hurled himself through the air and fell between 90ft and 100ft before landing in just 20ft of water below. The stunning images of his dive from the top of the cliff were captured on camera by photographer Alastair Sopp, 25.

It took the daredevil less than three seconds to freefall, arms flailing wildly, into the waters below.

The stunt is the latest in the popular tombstoning craze across coastal locations, particularly in the South West.

http://www.thisiscornwall.co.uk/news/Em ... ticle.html
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The Hen
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OMG.

I hope he did a reccy of what he was diving into before he did it.

So many over here have become paralysed from diving head first into billabongs and hitting submerged rocks and trees.

I would hate to think of the consequences of diving head first onto a platform of rock.
Bah!

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I used to climb there when I lived in Cornwall, lovely crag.
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Gob wrote:
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The unnamed adrenalin junkie made the heart-stopping leap of faith from cliffs near Penzance, Cornwall.
Lucky he wasn't captured by pirates.

Or perhaps he's an orphan?
GAH!

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