Man speeds down iceberg on inflatable pizza in Greenland

  • Footage shows Ethan Pringle, 31, from San Francisco, running up the block of ice in Greenland 
  • He whizzed down the ice on an inflatable pizza slice before crash landing in the freezing waters 
  • The professional climber was on an expedition with National Geographic when he decided to do the stunt 

This combination of an iceberg and an inflatable pizza slice – one of the hottest holiday accessories this summer – takes cool to a whole new level.

Shiver-inducing video footage shows the moment a daredevil used the inflatable to sledge down a 300 foot high iceberg in Greenland.

Ethan Pringle, 31, from San Francisco, is seen hurtling down the ice at great speed, wearing nothing but a pair of underpants and some shoes, before he crash lands in the freezing waters. 

 

Shiver-inducing video footage shows the moment a daredevil used an inflatable to sledge down a 300ft-high iceberg in Greenland

Ethan Pringle, 31, from San Francisco, is seen running up the block of ice to find a good starting point

Ethan Pringle, 31, from San Francisco, is seen running up the block of ice to find a good starting point

When he gets to a certain point, he stops and prepares for his epic sliding stunt. It appears to be a sunny day and the fact he is almost naked doesn't seem to bother the outdoorsman  

When he gets to a certain point, he stops and prepares for his epic sliding stunt. It appears to be a sunny day and the fact he is almost naked doesn’t seem to bother the outdoorsman  

He can be heard shouting out as he whizzes along, signalling a combination of excitement and fear.

As soon as he lands in the water, he swims towards a support boat in a bid to escape hypothermia. 

Pringle, who is a professional rock climber, was in Greenland as part of assignment with National Geographic. 

The travel site shared a clip of his pizza sliding stunt to its Instagram account and to date it has been watched more than five million times. 

Many viewers have given Pringle’s crazy antics the thumbs up with the majority pondering how cold it was.

The National Geographic expedition took Pringle and his team members on a six-week journey around south Greenland.

Along the way, the climber tackled an unnamed mountain on un-chartered terrain.  

But Pringle apparently wasn’t done with ‘firsts’ and that’s when he had the cunning idea to ride an inflatable pizza slice down a 300 foot iceberg.

Pringle can be seen hurtling down the ice at great speed, wearing nothing but a pair of underpants and some shoes

Pringle can be seen hurtling down the ice at great speed, wearing nothing but a pair of underpants and some shoes

He then plops into the sea, with the freezing waters breaking his crash landing 

He then plops into the sea, with the freezing waters breaking his crash landing 

Pringle, who is a professional rock climber, was in Greenland as part of an assignment with National Geographic

Pringle, who is a professional rock climber, was in Greenland as part of an assignment with National Geographic

He can be heard shouting out as he whizzes along, signalling a combination of excitement and fear. As soon as he lands in the water, he swims towards a support boat in a bid to escape hypothermia 

He can be heard shouting out as he whizzes along, signalling a combination of excitement and fear. As soon as he lands in the water, he swims towards a support boat in a bid to escape hypothermia 

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