--- description: In TIME's photo of the day, a base jumper back-flips over Kuala Lumpur. title: TIME's Photo of the Day: Base Jumper Back-flips Over Malaysia image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt29b80adefb14b610/6987a77fa988ca31556af4a7/00-hkg9036700.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [LightBox](/tag/time-section-lightbox/) ## LightBox Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Falling Up by [TIME Photo Department](/author/time-photo-department/) ## TIME Photo Department Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Sep 27, 2013 7:45 PM CUT  Base jumper Vincent Philippe Benjamin Reffet from France leaps from the 300-meter Open Deck of Malaysia's landmark Kuala Lumpur Tower during the International Tower Jump in Kuala Lumpur. Base jumper Vincent Philippe Benjamin Reffet from France leaps from the 300-meter Open Deck of Malaysia's landmark Kuala Lumpur Tower during the International Tower Jump in Kuala Lumpur.Mohd Rasfan—AFP/Getty Images by [TIME Photo Department](/author/time-photo-department/) ## TIME Photo Department Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Sep 27, 2013 7:45 PM CUT  Base jumper Vincent Philippe Benjamin Reffet from France leaps from the 300-meter Open Deck of Malaysia's landmark Kuala Lumpur Tower during the International Tower Jump in Kuala Lumpur. Mohd Rasfan—AFP/Getty Images ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3802767/falling-up/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3802767/falling-up/"},"headline":"Falling Up","datePublished":"2013-09-27T19:45:18.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T04:40:40.522Z","description":"In TIME's photo of the day, a base jumper back-flips over Kuala Lumpur.","url":"https://time.com/3802767/falling-up/","keywords":["LightBox","Malaysia","Kuala Lumpur","Photo of the Day"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt29b80adefb14b610/6987a77fa988ca31556af4a7/00-hkg9036700.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Photo Department","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-photo-department/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt29b80adefb14b610/6987a77fa988ca31556af4a7/00-hkg9036700.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"TOPSHOTS-MALAYSIA-LIFESTYLE-BASEJUMPING","caption":"TOPSHOTS-MALAYSIA-LIFESTYLE-BASEJUMPING","creditText":"Mohd Rasfan—AFP/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"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":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-lightbox/","name":"LightBox"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3802767/falling-up/","name":"Falling Up"}}]}] ```