Daredevil lives life on the edge

[Jazzy]

A Norwegian daredevil has taken living life on the edge to a new extreme - by performing a one-arm handstand 2,000ft above a fjord.

Eskil Ronningsbakken performed the jaw-dropping gymnastic pose on Preikestolen, a rock above the Lysefjord in Norway.

Battling bitter winds and a lethal drop, he claims the feat is the world's first one-armed handstand at such a height.

Mr Ronningsbakken, from Stange, said: "Preikestolen is one of the coolest pulpit rocks I know about. I did my first performance here.

"It is 600m above the fjord all the way down, so if you fall there is no way back."

Eskil, who began performing aged just five, added: "When I started to balance at height, people didn't believe in me, they didn't believe this would ever become a job. They used tell me I was crazy and that one day i would fall down and die.

"Today the situation is different. I am travelling all around the world to perform and people love to watch and talk about what I do."

Eskil says the key to performing his death-defying stunts is to visualise the outcome - and taking it step-by-step.

"Every time I start a project I begin safe on the ground. Then gradually I move step by step taking on bigger heights until I reach 600 meters where my goal lies," he said.

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Can you do a one-arm handstand?

 

[Bjornar]

WOHOO! A norwegian

 

[Evil Eye]

I can't even do a two handed handstand

Seems like a risky job o.o

 

[Bjornar]

Not me either xD