Base jumper may have taken extra risks on fatal leap

A champion Australian Base jumper who plunged to his death from a 1100m-high cliff in Norway may have been taking additional risks in search of a greater thrill.

Tony Coombes, 30, slammed into the cliff face after leaping from Trollveggen, also known as Troll Wall, ending up about 300m above the valley floor with his parachute still attached.

Australian Base Association president Gary Cunningham said Coombes was known for "flying" too close to cliff faces and probably descended too close to the face to maximise its thrill.

It is illegal to Base jump at Trollveggen.