The Eiger jump by JT Holmes

After two years of meticulous planning, in April 2015 America’s JT Holmes made a jaw-dropping jump off the North Face of the Eiger. Starting from the summit of this legendary mountain, the 35-year-old descended with a speed wing, flying over steep, rocky terrain to land on the Western Flank, cut the speedwing loose 300 meters before the edge and continue on skis before leaping off the lip. Once in the air, he performed a double-back flip to stabilise himself, released his skis and freefell for a few hundred meters and then open his parachute to land safely on the ski slopes below the Eiger...

Ivo Ninov, who trained with Holmes, explained that "he jumped next to Geneva pilar. This is the most overhanging part of Eiger, where Dean Potter did the freebase ascent of Deep Blue Sea in August 2008."

It goes without saying that it is difficult to imagine a more dangerous stunt and triumph almost turned to tragedy when Holmes decided to perform the feat another time later that day. On the second leap his second ski failed to release properly and for interminable seconds he struggled with the binding before finally releasing it and flying back down to valley.