My first video submission. I've seen videos of this sport before, but they were at ski Resorts. This is the north face of the Eiger, and the sensation of speed and danger sets this video apart from any other I've seen. Hope you enjoy.

From Acro Base productions. Big summit speed riding : Eiger

Wow: an incredible video; great first post Obscene Simian!

This looks really dangerous, how could they sanction this?

Sanction? Eiger? Eiger Sanction? Ha! I kill myself.

Try the veal.

Wow! Thanks for a beautiful submission.

Nice! Upvote
Do you know what size canopy their using? Is it a PG- or skydiving-canope?

I would like to see this on IMAX 3D. Any chance we could get them to strap on a 250lb camera next time?

The wing used in this video is a Gin Nano.

http://www.gingliders.com/products/nano.php

And I too would love to see it in IMAX. It sort of has that feel, which is why I posted it.

Incredible - if that was me I'd be pooping my pants all the way down.

Yeah, me too. I've skied some real steep and hairy stuff, but never at 50+ mph the entire time. I kept thinking " he's gonna hit the rocks" through the entire thing.

*nominate

booyah!

This video has been nominated as a top video of 2006 (nominate called by gold star member ren)

whoa, that vid got my hands all clammy. I thought that glider at first was just the kind that you only hold on to so when he/she went off the cliff edge first thought was "you better have a tight grip"..

Wow... that has the potential to go so incredibly bad.

What's the terminal velocity with that canopy?

I kept thinking he was going to run out of snow and bite it on the rocks.

This might just be the perfect thing to do if you´re fed up with life and want to die.

Don't know the Terminal Velocity. But I am beginning to think my second submission is going to have a hard time doing as well. And thanks so much to Ren and everyone who upvoted!

Tags changed from "insane, speed, gliding, eiger, rocks" to "insane,rocks,mountain,ski,parachute,fly" by gold star member lucky760.

To be absolutely clear in the tags, parachute should be paragliding. There is no parachute in this video.

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Man... you know you're jaded when flying off a 1000ft high jagged cliff at 50mph doesn't even warrant even a subvocalized "Whoop!"

Either that or his expression was much like Fletch's cat.

Is this the most successful first post ever?

Can't even imagine what the cost is for that 2 minutes of adrenaline rush. Cool vid!

Very cool that we can see his shadow for the first part of the vid. Makes it clear what's happening...

Helluva first post simian

This would be so sweet in HD. :-)

@deputydog - there've been a few 'first posts' that shot up to #1 in the top 15; but this is definitely one of the top ones.

WOOOOOOO HOOOOOOOO

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Freaking Sweet *promote

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how is this in the top 15 new videos?

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*actionpack adrenaline rush!

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I wonder if that was a mistake at 1:03. wow

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