'I'm OK, but get a rope': What British tourist, 41, told his girlfriend by phone after base jumping accident left him dangling from cliff. Three hours later he fell 230ft to his death

A British tourist spent three hours trapped on a cliff calmly chatting to his girlfriend on the phone before a gust of wind blew him 230ft to his death.

Jake Simkins’ parachute became tangled on the cliff face while he was base-jumping on a Greek island.


The 41-year-old called his girlfriend, who is almost seven months pregnant, at a nearby hotel to raise the alarm. 

But Greek emergency services were unable to rescue the London Underground worker, who fell to Navagio beach on Zante after a gust of wind dragged his parachute off the cliff face.


As he dangled hundreds of feet above the rocks on the island – also known as Zakynthos – Mr Simkins made calls from his mobile to reassure partner Anita that he was not badly hurt after hitting the cliff and had only injured his leg.                     More