Norwegian skier Fred Syversen was doing some helicopter skiing in the French Alps when he took a wrong turn and plunged 381 feet off of a cliff. He survived with nothing more than a bruised liver as he waited for his companions to dig him out of a six foot deep hole he created on landing.

“Breaking or trying to stop was no longer an option. It simply went too fast. If I had tried that I wouldn’t write this. So that left one choice: go for it, and do it right.”

He's alive because he didn't panic and controlled his flight.

I could relate, because when I was eight years old, I "accidentally" when off a ski jump at Jay Peak in Vermont. I was airborne and down so quickly, I really didn't have time to panic, and I landed on my skis and my ass, also no worse for wear.

I don't have video though.

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