The film company that was commissioned to document his flight will also be fined

TABLE Mountain National Park would not press charges against a base jumper who was severely injured in an illegal jump, a SA National Parks spokeswoman said yesterday.

"No, we're not going to lay charges, but he will be fined R1,500. The South African film company that was commissioned to document his flight will also be fined," spokeswoman Merle Collins said.

"There is a very real possibility that we'll never give the company a permit to film in any of our national parks again.

"All of these details will be decided on after we check the facts," Collins said.

American Jeb Corliss, 35, an internationally renowned base jumper, was injured on Monday when he jumped off the mountain near the cable car station.

He clipped a rock and tumbled 60 metres into Contour Path.

Base jumpers freefall until, just before landing, they open their parachutes.

Collins said Corliss was lucky his parachute opened before impact as this had softened his fall.

"We have people who fall 30m off the mountain and die," she said.

Corliss did not have a permit to jump since the park denied permission to all base jumpers.

The unidentified SA film company, commissioned by US TV network HBO, did not have a permit to film on the property either.

"HBO apologised to us. They thought they had a permit to film there. They were under the impression all the permits were in order," Collins said.

She said Corliss' injuries were enough warning for anyone wanting to attempt a similar act.

"The man is an expert stuntman. If he can fall, then what about your lesser beings?" she asked. - Sapa