Watch the daring rescue of an Austrian BASE jumper who was left hanging hundreds of feet above the ground when his parachute got caught on a Thai cliff
BANGKOK - A BASE jumper was left hanging half way up a Thai cliff for several hours after his parachute got caught on jagged rocks hundreds of feet above the ground.
“He was hanging about 175 meters above the ground ... and must been dangling for five to six hours before being rescued,” said Apisak Ratchakwan, who operated a camera drone used to help pinpoint his location.
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