Do Not Try This at Home

From today's San Diego Union Tribune:

Any day now, [Darren Taylor] is expecting Guinness World Records to certify
his fourth best-ever mark for “the highest shallow dive.”

He made the 35-foot, 2-inch plunge into the 1-foot-deep puddle July 25
for a Tokyo TV daredevil competition called “The World's Supermen.” . . .

Even admiring colleagues say Taylor, who calls himself “Professor
Splash,” has a certifiable, death-defying talent as the planet's best
high-altitude belly flopper. . . .

As Professor Splash puts it: “I've got a God-given talent. Might as well
use it.”

His website features a video of his latest dive. It made me queasy when I watched it.