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Tower Diver, New Hebrides (Now Vanuatu), 1954

"Softened earth, elastic vines, and the tower's recoil will ease the jolt when this man reaches the end of his rope. He must land as far as possible from the tower lest the vines prove too long for safety."

—From "South Seas' Incredible Land Divers," January 1955, National Geographic magazine

Photograph by Roger Bellinger