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BASE jump parachute fails to open, caught on gopro {video}

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I think his chute opened but he was too close to the cliff and the chute got snagged or ripped or didn't fully deploy. Otherwise he would have hit A LOT harder. There was definitely something slowing him down (besides bouncing off the cliff).
 
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