SYDNEY (Reuters) - A base jumper has a Sunday drop of 260 meters from an Australian survived waterfall. His parachute opened only partially, according to a spokesperson for the rescue.

The man made a smack on the water and walked a broken leg, pelvis and internal injuries. ,, The water must have felt like concrete when he landed'', said the spokeswoman at the AAP news agency. Firefighters treated him three hours at the foot of the waterfall in the eastern state of Queensland before a helicopter flew him to a hospital.

Base jumping is an adventure sport where practitioners with a parachute of a mountain, building or cliff jump.