Following hard on his success at Sron Ulladale, skydiver and BASE jumper, Simon Brentford recently undertook the first ever BASE jump from the Kilt Rock on the Isle of Skye.
The Kilt Rock is a famous tourist attraction near Staffin on the Trotternish penisula on Skye. The 180 foot high cliff is composed of massive basalt columns which give the whole cliff a pleated look resulting in its name.
The shore below is rocky and as the film by Adam Bibby shows, there is little time for Simon to manoeuvere himself before reaching the ground. Only the day before Simon completed the first BASE jump from the massive overhanging crag of Sron Ulladale, in the Outer Hebrides and the location for the BBC’s “Great Climb” with Dave Macleod and Tim Emmett. The Isle of Skye jump attracted a crowd of onlookers and a piper. The film can be seen here.