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This is the stomach-churning moment a daredevil skydiver threw away his parachute and jumped from a hot air balloon - before being caught mid-air by another parachutist.

Fearless stuntman Antti Pendikainen, from Finland, took on the incredibly brave challenge in the south of the country - some 13,000 feet (4,000 metres) above the ground.

The death-defying stunt sees the daredevil launching his parachute from the balloon while at a dizzying altitude after announcing that when he woke up this morning he decided he did not need one.

 

 

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Antti Pendikainen took on the incredibly brave challenge 13,000 feet in the sky in the south of Finland

 

 

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The daredevil tells the camera that when he woke up this morning he decided he did not need his parachute

 

 

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No going back: The fearless stuntman throws his parachute from the balloon while at a dizzying altitude

 

 

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That's a long way down: The parachute disappears through the clouds and from the skydiver's view

 

 

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Look out below: The fearless stuntman takes off his shirt, psychs himself up and leaps from the balloon

He says: 'I'm stupid. I'm tough enough to do it without a parachute,' while taking off his shirt, psyching himself up and leaping from the balloon.

The stuntman is filmed by two other skydivers free-falling to earth at an incredible speed.

The video shows one of the two fellow parachutists attempting to close in on Antti and offer some assistance in the air.

But the daredevil appears to bat them off before he is eventually forced to grab on as his friend's parachute is opened and the duo land safely.

 

 

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Above the clouds: The stuntman is filmed by two other skydivers free-falling to earth at an incredible speed

 

 

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The daredevil said he went through the stunt in his head beforehand so he knew everything was under control

 

 

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Need a hand? The video shows one of the fellow parachutists attempting to close in on Antti and offer some assistance in the air

 

 

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Long time coming: The 25-year-old said he had always wanted to jump without wearing a parachute

Foolhardy Antti, 25, said: 'I'm driven by an internal combustion that makes the impossible, possible.

'I've always wanted to jump without a parachute, and now I've done it.

'I go through the performance in my head before, so I know the trick is under control before I do it.

'I spent a year training for the jump, so I was very prepared.

'I've loved doing funny stunts ever since I was a young kid.

'I'm never afraid - next I want to do something even more fun and crazy.'

 

 

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Safe and sound: Eventually Antti is forced to grab onto a fellow skydiver, who opens his parachute

 

 

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Gotcha: The skydiver's helmet camera captures the very moment he catches the daredevil in the sky

 

 

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The video concludes with skydiver holding onto a strap around Antti's body and escorting him to the ground