Never mind my surface tension coment, I hadn't noticed the waterfall thing near where he landed.

Sorry =]

Before actually watching the video, I thought to myself "Hm, 172 feet? that can't be so high..."
But Then I watched the camera pan up and up and up until finally reaching the spot where this amazing man was standing. Then I was shaking just thinging about it!
Also, I though that the surface tension of water would rip a person apart from impact from such a high jump. but I guess I'm mistaken.

ash frog, check ur math/actually take a physics course
d=(1/2)at^2
d=172, a=32
therefore t=3.28
v=105 f/s
thats fuckin right

LoL@ mueller... obviously reads XKCD

Ha Photo shopped? This guy is world famous for his dives. He still holds the record. It documented every where. Maybe you should wake up. The difficulty to alter a video like this would be insane and expensive. Especially for some random site. Your an idiot, search any engine with highest dive and this guy comes up. They still do shows. Hey good try though.

Photoshopped. You can tell by the pixels and the wires holding the ladder. That thing is only about 6 feet tall--it's been cloned several times to make it look high. Wake up.

also, just be looking at the video and the clock, you can see that he was in the air for 3.5 seconds at the most. 5.375 is out of the question. again, check your math

3.5x32= 112ft/s which would be about 76.36mph.........now THAT i can buy..

check your math. he couldn't have possibly been going 183 feet per second by the end of a 172 foot jump. think about it.

Well let's see. Gravity pulls at an acceleration equal to 32 ft/s(squared). So if his height was 172 ft it took him roughly 5.375 seconds to reach the water. And since v=at, therefore by the time he reached the water he was moving at 32ft/s(squared) X 5.735 s = 183.52 ft/s. Which is roughly equal to 125.13 mph.

Insane performance.

every muscle in hes body is tell hem "DANGER" dont do it.. its a 'natural' danger reflect.. I bet you before he jump he thought "F*** it" LOL.... I wander how fast he was going??

Pretty amazing thing but.. let me know WHY THE HELL he do not tries directly 1 feet more than the record ?? He's taking so much risk for.. making the same as actual record...

O_o

awesome, simply awesome!

This coming from a High School District Diving Champion.

Salute!

awesome, simply awesome!

This coming from a former high school diving champion.

Salute!

That is crazy! He's got some guts.

The 7.5 guy is an ignorant idiot. A-hole.

I love how he jumps 170 feet but all he is worried about is getting sunburn on his nose!!

wow i almost puked that was so high

BAG IN!!

7.5 .... I think he should be next to jump....

I hope he was clenching.

is this video from the 70s? look at everyone's outfits. and I think I would puke if I was 72ft above water let alone 172 good night that's awesome.

7.5??? That's the Russian judge or something?

Well Chris, bettet not to make a "superman" of him.

Well Chris, better to not get a "superman" of him

I sharted a little when they did the downward camera angle. Good God...

7.5? i would love to see that judge do better...

Fantastic. Not to take anything away from his accomplishment, but I think this is not really a dive...it is a jump. Head first is a dive, is it not.

I get woozy just from watching the view from that cam above his head.

Jesus Christ. 7.5? Are you kidding me? WTF?