That’s barking! Daredevil dog leaps off 2,000ft cliff and parachutes to the ground with its base-jumping owner
- Owner Bruno Valente, 38, regularly takes part in stunts with border collie Kazuza
- The six-year-old dog has completed an impressive 40 base jumps in his lifetime
- Footage shows the pair plunging from 2300ft cliff in Lauterbrunnen, Switzerland
- Adorably, the dog can be seen watching a video of the stunt back later that day
- Jokke Sommer, who took the video, said Kazuza is the ‘luckiest dog in the world’
This is the thrilling moment a fearless dog parachutes off a cliff with his owner from a height of more than 2,000 feet.
Border collie Kazuza, six, is no stranger to base (building, antenna, span and earth) jumps, having already completed a staggering 40 in his lifetime.
The dog regularly takes part in daredevil stunts with owner Bruno Valente, 38, and appears to enjoy himself.
The thrilling footage shows owner Bruno Valente, 38, and his border collie Kazuza (both pictured), six, gearing up for the 2300ft jump from a cliff in Lauterbrunnen, Switzerland
The six-year-old dog looking towards the camera before base (building, antenna, span and earth) jumping from the cliff. The footage was captured by filmmaker Jokke Sommer
Friend and filmmaker Jokke Sommer, a 33-year-old athlete for Uprising, captured the pair plunging from a cliff in Lauterbrunnen, Switzerland.
Footage shows Bruno and Kazuza gearing themselves up for the 2300ft jump before landing safely on a nearby plain and high-fiving.
Adorably, the dog can then be seen watching a video of the stunt back later that day, and appears to like what he sees.
In the video, Mr Valente says: ‘The only time I didn’t spend with (Kazuza) at the beginning was when I started to base jump.
‘A bunch of times I couldn’t jump as I had nobody to take care of him, so that’s when the idea came.
‘I found a harness – super safe – and I tried to see his reaction when I put it on and went to the ledge. He seemed pretty comfortable.
The astonishing moment Mr Valente leaps from the cliff while holding Kazuza. The border collie is no stranger to the extreme sport, completing 40 base jumps in his lifetime
The daredevil pair captured as they parachute towards the ground. Mr Sommer, who filmed the video, said Kazuza is the ‘luckiest dog in the world’
Mr Valente high-fives his border collie after the pair make a safe landing on a nearby plain. In the footage, the owner said Kazuza seems ‘pretty comfortable’ with base jumping
Mr Valente walking with Kazuza. Mr Sommer said the border collie has a ‘lot of trust’ in his owner and is ‘very well trained’, adding he ‘looks really excited’ when he spots parachutes
‘Since then we jump together – he has done around 40-something jumps with me.’
Mr Sommer, a former Red Bull athlete from Norway, said: ‘Kazuza has done many jumps – he’s the luckiest dog in the world. He’s very well trained and has a lot of trust in Bruno.
‘The moment when he sees all parachutes, he makes a lot of noise and looks really excited. But he has fears too, of course.
‘You can see when he’s looking over the edge he’s thinking: “This one is huge”!
‘You can see that he’s reacting to it – but he’s not fighting against it.’
Base jumping, performed from fixed objects, is considered to be one of the most dangerous extreme sports because of the low altitudes.