--- title: Backpacker Wearing GoPro Falls Off Suspension Bridge: Video description: When the group tries to cross the bridge, a cable snaps and the hikers fall into the water 25 feet below. canonical: https://time.com/4068082/backpacker-gopro-bridge-fall/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-10-09T16:59:24.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:25:49.406Z og:title: Backpacker Wearing GoPro Falls Off Suspension Bridge og:description: If you have a fear of heights, beware og:url: https://time.com/4068082/backpacker-gopro-bridge-fall/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Backpacker Wearing GoPro Falls Off Suspension Bridge twitter:description: If you have a fear of heights, beware twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Backpacker Falls Off Suspension Bridge in Terrifying GoPro Video  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Oct 9, 2015 4:59 PM UTC  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Oct 9, 2015 4:59 PM UTC A French tourist hiking with three fellow backpackers in New Zealand captured a first-person video of the group falling off a suspension bridge. The footage was caught by a GoPro the man was wearing to record the outdoor expedition. When the group tries to cross the bridge, a cable snaps and the hikers fall into the water 25 feet below. The video was filmed on the Hopuruahine bridge, according to [The Guardian.](http://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2015/oct/09/new-zealand-suspension-bridge-snaps-as-hikers-cross-video) The bridge is part of the Lake Waikaremoana Great Walk, a hiking track in Te Urewera National Park on the North Island of New Zealand. YouTube user [Adrien Whistle](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfCbNIjGcUuWcvbbRBAN0aQ) posted the video on Monday. He states in the caption that the bridge was designed to carry a maximum of 10 people. Luckily, no one was seriously injured. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4068082/backpacker-gopro-bridge-fall/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4068082/backpacker-gopro-bridge-fall/"},"headline":"Backpacker Falls Off Suspension Bridge in Terrifying GoPro Video","datePublished":"2015-10-09T16:59:24.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:25:49.406Z","description":"He's okay!","url":"https://time.com/4068082/backpacker-gopro-bridge-fall/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Technology","GoPro","Bridge","outdoors"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4068082/backpacker-gopro-bridge-fall/","name":"Backpacker Falls Off Suspension Bridge in Terrifying GoPro Video"}}]}] ```