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However, one man in Russia had an incredibly lucky escape after his parachute failed to open and he was left to plunge 120 ft. <\/p>\n
In video footage of the jump, the young male from Konakova looks extremely apprehensive before leaping from a pylon.<\/p>\n
And it seems he had every right too, as obviously he wouldn't have even tried if it he knew his parachute was faulty.<\/p>\n
While you may think he was certain to die, the powdery snow beneath managed to cushion the fall sufficiently.<\/p>\n
He didn't escape unhurt though and suffered a fractured vertebrae, pelvis and legs in the drop.<\/p>\n
But I reckon he'll still consider himself to be fortunate, while he should also think about sticking to ground level for a while where he is bound to be safer.<\/p>\n
Posted by Trevor Smith<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Russian was helped by the fact he landed on powdery snow.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5073,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n