Life on the Line: John Jackson, Travis Rice, and Mark Landvik speed descending down the slope
All three are professional skiers with 20 years of experience each. A helicopter dropped them off at the mountaintop. These guys are top-tier athletes—if anyone could pull this off (conquering Alaska’s vertical slopes), it would be them.
They only brought a shovel, an oxygen tank, and a receiver in case of emergencies. In pursuit of setting a record, they chose to begin their descent from the edge of a knife-edge ridge.
Photographer Serfas added, “A descent like that is incredibly dangerous. You have to be fully prepared beforehand. If something really goes wrong, there’s probably nothing that can save you.”
Tordrillo is a volcanic mountain range, with its most recent eruption occurring in June 1992.