Talk About A Balancing Act

This guy's amazing...and pretty stupid. Its 604 meters down to the bottom.

"It was extremely fun," Rønningsbakken, who's one of the best performers of balancing acts in the world, told Aftenposten.no.

Simply doing a conventional handstand on the edge of the cliff wasn't quite exciting enough for Rønningsbakken, though, so he added to the suspense by perching on a four-rung metal ladder that in turn teetered on the edge of Norway's famed Pulpit Rock (Prekestolen).

He said he wanted to show that there's a ladder to heaven after all.

Pulpit Rock is a familiar spot for daredevils, being one of the most popular places in the world for BASE jumpers. The 27-year-old Rønningsbakken from Hedmark stayed true to form by not using security devices of any kind.

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