A daredevil climbs for 12 hours to ski and snowboard down near-completely vertical mountains and tiny gullies - but says he's SCARED of danger.<br /><br />Jakob Weger, 25, is a former European kayaking champion and represented Italy at the U18 and U23 levels.<br /><br />But after winning the U23 world championships in 2018 he ditched professional kayaking and took up extreme winter sports.<br /><br />Now he heads out into the Dolomites every day - spending up to 12 hours climbing up slopes to hurtle down near-vertical mountains at speeds of up to 60mph in just a couple of minutes.<br /><br />He uploads the nail-biting videos of his missions on TikTok which stamps each with a "do not attempt" warning.<br /><br />His most extreme videos show him weaving through rocks and cruising down tiny crevices at huge speeds, watched by up to 23 MILLION people.<br /><br />Jakob from South Tyrol, Italy, said: “I never really measure my speed.<br /><br />“I go over 100kph on a ski slope however it is way less on the couloirs [narrow gullies] as it's full of twists and turns and you have to slow down a lot more rather that increasing your speed.<br /> <br />"I hate danger.<br /><br />"I know what I can and can’t do and that's important as to know you're limits.<br /><br />“Because I ski on narrow terrain, it is very hard to trigger an avalanche - it’s more on me and my skills."<br /><br />But three years Jakob was involved in an avalanche in the Dolomites. <br /><br />Luckily, he was skiing on the side of the mountain rather than the middle so he was able to escape.<br /><br />Jakob kayaked for 20 years and did it professionally for three years but learned to ski and snowboard the age of eight.<br /><br />Now he heads out daily with his brother Matias, 28, and records it all for his social media channels, wegarbrothers. <br /><br />He said he took up snow sports "to be free from the professional lifestyle" and now makes money through his main sponsors yearly as well as TikTok.<br /><br />"Winning the world championships [in kayaking] was a moment where I reflected," he said.<br /><br />"I think that many athletes have the feeling that when they win, everything changes, however, it stayed the same for me."<br /><br />"Now I ski every day and most of our missions take 10 to 12 hours.” <br /><br />His videos show Jakob on "fast and narrow" descents in rough terrain, as well as paragliding while skiing, which he does up to four times a week. <br /><br />He is currently planning a two year adventure - crossing the Dolomites from west to east - from Rosengarten to Tre Cime - covering 60 miles of hilly terrain in ten days which he will film for his YouTube channel.
