Tourist jumps off cliff on holiday

In the pursuit of clicks, the perfect photo or video for social media, horrific accidents happen time and time again.

In Tenerife, a young holidaymaker wanted to show off by jumping off a cliff. The disastrous result found its way onto the internet in the form of a video recording.

The risky jump of a tourist in Tenerife was published on the Instagram channel of the coast guard initiative Canarias 1500 KM de Costa - it is intended to serve as a deterrent example.

The video shows several people standing over a small body of water beneath a cliff. Two of them stand on a cliff and look down. Suddenly one of them jumps down, hoping to dive into the water. Instead, he lands with his feet on a rock about five to six meters below. His current health status is unknown.

The video on Instagram was captioned "El Tancón in Tenerife once again becomes a tragic place due to absurd recklessness. The photos show a group of young people risking their lives by recording everything on social media."

Apparently there are signs near the cliff warning that people risk their lives by jumping this way.

On the Instagram channel, tourists are urged to refrain from such risky acts in the future. "No more recklessness, no more suicide attempts, no more deaths," we read in the appeal. Many users commented on the post and expressed their incomprehension of the action. "He must have left his brain in Airbnb," wrote one.

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The jumper's alleged cousin also commented on the video. He expressed his wish for more respect from people as it was a serious accident.

The Instagram account that published the video emphasised that it was in no way mocking the jumper. "With this post, we call for caution and draw attention to the dangers. The goal is to prevent something like this from happening again."

This article was originally published on Onet Travel.