This incredible footage shows two thrill-seeking friends base jumping with skis off a dangerous glacier in the Alps.<br /><br />Ex-Royal Marine Tim Howell, 31, and Maria Steinmeyer performed the incredible jump in the Mont Blanc massif mountain range in the Alps. <br /><br />The pair jumped from a serac, which is the edge of a glacier.<br /><br />Tim, from Martock, Somerset, said: “It’s a ski jump with a difference. Maria and I have been looking for a ‘serac’ to ski base from for YEARS.<br /><br />“A serac is a large wall of ice.”<br /><br />Tim and a ski shop manager Maria checked out the exit by flying a drone to view the area, as well as using ice screws and rope tied behind the edge, to look at the height.<br /><br />He said: “Seracs are usually very unstable, so the exit was so scary to look over.<br /><br />“The drop to impact was 80m and we had a 10-minute, over 2000m canopy flight to the landing.”<br /> <br />Tim and Maria returned the following week to do it again and found that the edge of the serac had changed massively due to collapse.<br /><br />The footage was taken on the 9th of February 2022.
