Benidorm base jumper crashes into building (w/video)
(Spain)
Twenty-two-year-old Steinmayr was one of 17 competitors taking part in the Valencian city’s annual World Championship Extreme Base Jumping Competition.
The experienced base jumper, who had already completed a successful leap from Malaysia's Kuala Lumpur Tower at 320 metres, started losing control soon after jumping off Benidorm's Hotel Bali, Europe's tallest hotel standing at 210 metres.
As soon as Steinmayr opened her parachute, she was propelled back towards the skyscraper.
The Austrian managed to land on her feet on one of the building's upper floors and quickly attempted to complete her jump by pushing herself off the ledge towards the void.
But the move worked against her, and within seconds Steinmayr was again heading towards the building with no control over her landing.
By a twist of luck, she went legs first through the glass window of a balcony on the tenth floor, narrowly escaping the concrete beams on either side.
http://www.thelocal.es/20130610/benidorm-base-jumper-crashes-into-building
