No need for a harness! Daredevil leaps from 1,300ft clifftop and freefalls with parachute fixed to piercings embedded in his BACK

By Carol Driver For MAILONLINE

With his skin stretching under the strain of his own body weight, this is the incredible moment a daredevil leaps from a clifftop – with a parachute attached to piercings in the skin on his back.

Stanislav Aksenov said he combined his love of BASE jumping and piercings by carrying out the stunt from the 1,300ft-high cliffs surrounding the Lauterbrunnen valley in Bern, south-central Switzerland.

Leap of faith! Stanislav Aksenov is filmed as he leaps from the 1,300ft-high cliffs surrounding the Lauterbrunnen valley with a parachute attached to his back piercings

The Russian did the jump without a harness, instead attaching the parachute to metal piercings in his back.

Despite the enormous force generated by leaping, Aksenov trusts his piercings not to rip free as he glides above the valley.

The dramatic video, which he posted online, shows him freefalling, after pulling the parachute bag sitting on the cliff’s edge.

Daredevil leaps from clifftop with parachute affixed to piercings

When the chute fills with air, the video reveals Mr Aksenov’s skin stretching under the strain of his own body weight.

After dangling from the flesh of his own back for more than two minutes, he lands safely in a field.

‘It is pushing the boundaries of what the mind is capable of.’

Switzerland is one of only a few countries not to have banned BASE jumping, but the practice is loosely regulated, making the country – with its spectacular mountains – a magnet for extreme sports fans from all over the world.

More than 30 people have died while BASE jumping from the steep Swiss valley in the past 13 years.

The caption on the video reads: ‘This is the result of a vision that Stanislav Aksenov has for moulding two extreme activities into one freakish sport (if you want to call it a sport).

Freefall: The video shows the Russian daredevil gliding over the valley for two minutes before landing safely

IMAGES:

No harness: The Russian BASE jumper attached the parachute to the metal piercings on his back – before leaping from a clifftop

The daredevil stuntman is known for his love of BASE jumping as well as the piercings deeply embedded in his back

Mid-jump: The daredevil’s skin pulls under the weight of the parachute as he leaps from a 1,300ft-high clifftop in Switzerland

Coming in to land: Aksenov drifts for two minutes with the parachute attached to metal piercings in his back before reaching the ground

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