Flying down the face of the Matterhorn

John Wallis · Post by **John Wallis** » Mon Sep 21, 2009 7:56 pm

The whole link below is really quite good but it you wind it on to 40 min's you will see this guy jump out of a helicopter above the Matterhorn and fly right down the face ...........

http://www.channel4.com/programmes/dare ... od#2935236

John Watson · Post by **John Watson** » Mon Sep 21, 2009 9:04 pm

Nutter

AlastairW · Post by **AlastairW** » Mon Sep 21, 2009 9:19 pm

And did you see the guy in the black cloak with the scythe standing on the top, chuckling to himself "maybe next time my friend......"

Nutter is not strong enough John....

NUTTER

Gary - ever thought about getting a wing suit??

Chris L · Post by **Chris L** » Mon Sep 21, 2009 10:56 pm

Watched this guy base jumping at Kjerag in Norway quite a few years back (pre -paragliding days) - doing back loops off a 3000 foot cliff, when just basejumping there was extreme.
Proximity flying is now the new extreme game. Wing suit flying made base jumping safer because it would get you further away from the object you were jumping from, but now they are trying to fly as close to it as possible at speeds of upto 180mph

Don't think he'll be around that much longer, but I'm sure he'll have the most fantastic life in that time.
He commented at the end of the film something about life being about experiences and he just wants to have the best ones possible. Heres to that

Great documentary well worth a watch if you didn't see it.
Its just the same as soaring the cliffs at Clough Head but at 180mph