Daredevil ex-Royal Marine leaps off 4,00ft peak of Scotland’s An Teallach mountain

On a wing and a prayer: Daredevil ex-Royal Marine leaps off 4,00ft peak of Scotland’s An Teallach to become first person to fly a wingsuit from top of UK mountain

  • Tim Howell, 31, from Somerset, was the first person to successfully fly with a wingsuit from a UK mountain
  • Mr Howell climbed to the nearly 4,000ft peak with professional photographer Hamish Frost, 32 from Glasgow
  • The video and images were taken at Lord Berkley’s Seat on the Ann Teallach mountain range on August 18th 

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Heartstopping footage shows a daredevil ex-Royal Marine as he leaps of the 4,000ft peak mountain to become the first person to fly a wingsuit from the top.  

Tim Howell, 31, from Somerset, jumped off the top of Scotland’s An Teallach, in Dundonnell, making him the first person to successfully fly with a wingsuit from a mountain in the UK. 

The video and images were taken at Lord Berkley’s Seat on the Ann Teallach mountain range in Scotland on August 18th. 

Mr Howell made the perilous climb to the nearly 4,000ft peak accompanied by professional photographer Hamish Frost, 32 from Glasgow. 

After reaching the peak and suiting up in his wing suit Tim jumped from the prow of Lord Berkeley’s Seat into the precipice of Lord’s Gully below. 

Tim Howell, 31, from Somerset, jumped off the top of Scotland’s An Teallach, making him the first person to successfully fly with a wingsuit from a mountain in the UK

The ex-Royal Marine leapt of the 4,000ft peak mountain to become the first person to successfully fly with a wingsuit from the top

The ex-Royal Marine leapt of the 4,000ft peak mountain to become the first person to successfully fly with a wingsuit from the top

He jumped from the nearly 4,000ft peak of the An Teallach mountain range in the Scottish Highlands

He jumped from the nearly 4,000ft peak of the An Teallach mountain range in the Scottish Highlands

The video and images were taken at Lord Berkley's Seat on the Ann Teallach mountain range in Scotland on August 18th

The video and images were taken at Lord Berkley’s Seat on the Ann Teallach mountain range in Scotland on August 18th

After reaching the peak and suiting up in his wing suit Tim jumped from the prow of Lord Berkeley's Seat into the precipice of Lord's Gully below

After reaching the peak and suiting up in his wing suit Tim jumped from the prow of Lord Berkeley’s Seat into the precipice of Lord’s Gully below

Mr Howell made the perilous climb to the nearly 4,000ft peak accompanied by professional photographer Hamish Frost, 32 from Glasgow

Mr Howell made the perilous climb to the nearly 4,000ft peak accompanied by professional photographer Hamish Frost, 32 from Glasgow

An Teallach means 'The Forge' in Scottish Gaelic and the mountain which the daredevil jumped from overlooks Little Loch Broom

An Teallach means ‘The Forge’ in Scottish Gaelic and the mountain which the daredevil jumped from overlooks Little Loch Broom

The mountain lies southwest of the village of Dundonnell in an area often nicknamed 'the great wilderness'. Mr Howell was the first person to successfully jump from the mountain using a wingsuit

The mountain lies southwest of the village of Dundonnell in an area often nicknamed ‘the great wilderness’. Mr Howell was the first person to successfully jump from the mountain using a wingsuit