On New Year's Eve in 1967, Evel Knievel launched his Triumph Bonneville into the air and tried to fly 141 feet over the Caesars Palace fountains. He fell a foot short. The crash crushed his pelvis, broke his femur, his wrist, both ankles, and put him in the hospital for nearly a month.

Almost 60 years later, somebody is going back to finish the job — and that “somebody” is Colby Raha.

According to Caesars Palace , the 12-time X Games medalist will attempt to break his own world record for the highest motorcycle jump above the famous fountains, the exact spot where Knievel's career-defining attempt went sideways. He's aiming for more than 100 feet of vertical air, with members of the Knievel family expected to be on-site supporting him.

"Attempting a jump at the same location where Evel Knievel made his historic attempt carries real meaning," Raha said in a statement .…