In 20 + Year's, Corliss Has Made More Than 2,000 Jumps, from the Likes of the Eiffel Tower, Golden Gate Bridge, Angel Falls in Venezuela, the Petronas Towers...
In 20 + years, Corliss has made more than 2,000 jumps, from the likes of the Eiffel Tower, Golden Gate Bridge, Angel Falls in Venezuela, the Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, and into a half-mile deep cave in China. He hasn't simply leapt off and pulled his parachute, though.
How Fast Is Jeb Corliss?
With the balloon now hovering just six inches above the ledge, Corliss smashed his legs against the rocky outcropping. He was traveling at more than 120 miles per hour.
2012. On January 16, 2012, in an accident while proximity flying off Table Mountain, Cape Town, South Africa, Corliss broke both ankles, three toes, and a fibula, tore his left Anterior cruciate ligament, and sustained a gash in his skin that required skin grafts to close.
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