Big jump with a small parachute

A Venezuelan daredevil has set a new Guinness record for skydiving using the world's smallest parachute after he jumped from 14,000 feet with a canopy the size of a bed sheet. During his three-and-a-half-minute descent, Ernesto Gainza used a parachute measuring only 35 square feet. Gainza risked a spin that would have killed him but managed a perfect landing in the Palm Drop Zone at the Skydive Dubai Club, last week. "It was awesome, amazing and emotional. I had to keep my body really straight, as even a little input from my hips or turning left or right could make the parachute turn," he said. The athlete has already performed more than 7,000 jumps but spent a year in training for his attempt, international online web media reported.