Lewis is one lucky guy to have lived through falling to the earth with a faulty parachute with no broken bones. If that happened to me I would have soiled myself and I would pray every day I'm alive, because a situation like Lewis's is very rare.
That's a pretty lucky fall, I thought people only survived skydiving accidents in King of the Hill! But still 10,000 ft and no broken bones, amazing.
o/ Thats exactly what i told my mom when i saw this. I spat my coffe out. Looked her dead in the eye, and exclaimed, "That dude is one badass."
Its interesting that the guy said he was very calm when he realised ( actually just thought ) he was going to die. I've heard of people recounting near-death experiences and claiming they felt a state of serenity and peace pass over them. I think I would be absolutely pooing my pants if I was in that situation.
When skydivers are trained they are told the seven points they have to land on in the event of a faulty parachute. The points start from their feet and go all the way up there body. They are trained to land on each point in order, of course they can't do it in the milliseconds allowed once they're next to the ground, but they set themselves up to do it while they are falling. If they land perfectly, and spread the pressure out to all seven points, they have a legitimate chance of walking away from it. It's a lot like rolling out of a fall in parkour, it's physics. Human beings are fairly durable. Bones are incredibly tough, and most people don't realize what it takes to actually "snap" one (Not fracture mind you). See, physics come into play. When you spread the blow out it's divided across your body. You should be able to take it without to much damage, depending on what you land on. Human beings reach a terminal velocity at somewhere around 180 miles per hour. Once you reach terminal velocity you cannot physically fall any faster in earths atmosphere. When you reach a certain height it stops mattering, you wont fall any faster anyway. So assuming he's high enough to reach terminal velocity the actual height doesn't really effect his chances. I'm sure his training kicked in, and he took the blow like he was supposed to. What he landed on must have helped quite a bit, accidents range from bruises in a freshly tilled field to death (even doing all you're trained to do perfectly) on concrete or landing on an obstruction.
I think it said in the video that he blacked out, the proceeded to land (luckily) on a flexible surface.