<P> Roger Moore said he had a great fear of heights , and to do the climbing in Greece , he resorted to moderate drinking to calm his nerves . Later in that same sequence , Rick Sylvester , a stuntman who had previously performed the pre-credits ski jump in The Spy Who Loved Me , undertook the stunt of Bond falling off the side of the cliff . The stunt was dangerous , since the sudden rope jerk at the bottom could be fatal . Special effects supervisor Derek Meddings developed a system that would dampen the stop , but Sylvester recalled that his nerves nearly got the better of him : `` From where we were ( shooting ) , you could see the local cemetery ; and the box ( to stop my fall ) looked like a casket . You did n't need to be an English major to connect the dots . '' The stunt went off without a problem . </P>
<P> Roger Moore said he had a great fear of heights , and to do the climbing in Greece , he resorted to moderate drinking to calm his nerves . Later in that same sequence , Rick Sylvester , a stuntman who had previously performed the pre-credits ski jump in The Spy Who Loved Me , undertook the stunt of Bond falling off the side of the cliff . The stunt was dangerous , since the sudden rope jerk at the bottom could be fatal . Special effects supervisor Derek Meddings developed a system that would dampen the stop , but Sylvester recalled that his nerves nearly got the better of him : `` From where we were ( shooting ) , you could see the local cemetery ; and the box ( to stop my fall ) looked like a casket . You did n't need to be an English major to connect the dots . '' The stunt went off without a problem . </P>
who did the skiing in for your eyes only
who did the skiing in for your eyes only
Rick Sylvester
Rick Sylvester