Was sent this and I have to say it’s pretty damn cool.  It’s hard to believe that this dude’s Canon Digital Rebel XT could survive a 3000′ fall but apparently it did.

Trying to keep it short: I sold my first DSLR (Rebel XT) to my buddy from Florida who happens to be a skydive instructor. He used it mounted on his helmet to shoot skydivers in a free fall. The mounting plate detached when he opened his chute and both cameras (photo + video) took a fall from approximately 3000 ft. Amazingly, the Rebel survived the fall and my friend is still using it to this very day. It has a crack in the plastic body and the kit lens is a little jerky when zooming, but functional. I’d like to know if there is a similar story or something close to this but I doubt. It might me a world record indeed (for the height of a camera drop which survived). Kudos to canon!
Source: FM Forum

Makes me feel better about my XTi. 😀 Anyway apparently there’s a video too which will be updated later, I can’t wait to see that!