The previous world record for cliff diving was a distance of 177 feet, set by Olivier Favre in 1987.

Daredevil Laso Schaller set a world record after leaping off a 192 ft (58.8m) waterfall, which we wouldn’t recommend you doing unless you were trained.

The magnitude of this jump required more preparation than your standard take-a-breath-and-go waterfall jump.

But the Brazilian, who was wearing a head camera, probably knew the Cascata del Salto jump would be straight forward because he’d done that kind of thing before. Under sunny blue skies, Schaller and team first built a platform to give him a clean, controlled exit, with enough projection to clear the rock wall.

Red Bull reported Tuesday that the 27-year-old canyoneer, high-diver and adrenaline junkie completed the stunt earlier this month.

“The only difference is the airtime,” he claimed, that is why prior to his epic drop, his team timed the fall’s trajectory using rocks. From almost 200 feet up, Schaller was jumping into an 8-meter deep pool of aerated water.

“The noise was deafening”, according to Red Bull, “akin to a gunshot”.

Speaking of the landing – the pool Schaller was aiming for had a maximum depth of eight metres. He did suffer a possible slightly dislocated right hip.