This is the terrifying moment a woman walked across a tightrope suspended more than 2000ft in the air across one of the Scottish Highlands' most iconic gorges.
The vertigo-inducing pictures show highliner Sarah Rixham perched on the slackline with her arms outstretched in triumph as she approaches the half-way point across a terrifying chasm in Glencoe.
Adventure photographer Brodie Hood captured the incredible moment using a drone - but timed it so that he caught another extreme sport pal base jump off the rocky ridge at the same time.
Sarah, who previously held the world record for the longest female highline, took on the walk across the drop at the Aonach Eagach ridge.
Sarah, from Sheffield, South Yorkshire, said: “We went up to Scotland to highline at Ben Nevis and on the way back we thought Glen Coe could have potential.
“This was a scarier one than usual as anchoring was quite difficult, but once I was up there I could just chill out and enjoy the scenery - it’s my moving meditation.
“Whenever I highline I’m quite relaxed and excited - I just have fun.
“The picture Brodie took was a really perfect side view with the mountains behind, it’s a great photograph.”
Photographer Brodie said it was a high-risk shot to set up as he only had the one opportunity to capture them both at the same time.
But thanks to his incredible drone work, video footage also captures the moment base jumped Josh plunges off one side of the mountain while Sarah teeters on her wire just metres from him across the yawning drop.
Brodie, from Peebles, Peeblesshire, said: “I was really relieved when I managed to capture it as you’ve only got one shot to get it and there was a high chance of getting it wrong.
“It’s really tricky trying to capture both the high-liner and base jumper in the same shot.
“They’re both really hard things to capture and once he’s jumped off, that’s it.
“When I knew I’d got Sarah I shouted ‘three, two, one - jump!’ from where I was hiding behind a rock and he jumped.
“I was so nervous, my hands were shaking quite a lot even after it.”
Professional photographer and videographer Brodie said he enjoys getting the opportunity to combine his love of extreme of extreme sports with his work.
Brodie said: “I got into photography when I was learning to ski, both progressed each other.
“I don't really see it as work. In my spare time I climb and I ski and I love filming it - when I film skiing I get to ski down after them.
“Things like these mean I get to set myself more of a challenge, I have to think about filming it and also the safety element too.
“Taking videos like this means I can capture adventure sports at altitude which enables me to capture a unique moment at incredible angles.
“You get to see the scale of it and the real surroundings that the athlete is in.
“My job is a photographer and videographer of everything but quite often adventure sports the altitude which enables a unique moment incredible angles.”
Daring Brodie has plans to repeat the performance - even getting another athlete in the frame.
Brodie said: “ I would quite like to incorporate more activities in one shot, perhaps in winter with a skier underneath. I just need to get the right people together.”
