A daredevil Swiss wingsuit flyer has jumped off the side of a mountain in pitch darkness and flown down past huge pillars of rock using only the light from two bright red flares . And the amazing night-time flight by Patrick Kerber , 33 , was not only captured on video , but also on a slow shutter speed photo taken by photographer Christian Meier . In the picture Kerber 's route appears as a glowing red line running down from the top of the 10,000-foot Titlis mountain in the resort town of Engelberg in central Switzerland to the bottom . Scroll down for video . The amazing night-time flight by Patrick Kerber , 33 , was not only captured on video , but also on a slow shutter speed photo taken by photographer Christian Meier . Kerber used two superheated emergency flares on the descent down the 10,000-foot Titlis mountain . The daredevil pictured at the moment he leaped into the darkness from the summit of Titlis . And just to show how dangerous jumping with the wingsuit was , Kerber made the flight during the day , showing how a wrong turn would easily have sent him crashing into one of the rocky crags that he was flying close to as he hurtled down from the mountain top . He said : ' I wanted to do a wingsuit BASE flight at night during winter for a very long time . But somehow I never really managed to do it . ' The idea became reality when they decided to try and do a single photograph on a slow shutter speed and at the same time fit a light to the jumper so that the flight down the mountain could be recorded . The first problem was that it was difficult to find a light that was bright enough to be seen from a distance of one mile away , where the camera needed to be placed . They solved it , though , by using two superheated emergency flares . These also provided some light to help illuminate the way , although the intense heat also posed a risk that they might set the suit on fire . Patrick said : 'We used flares exactly like the ones used for rescue missions or emergencies . But flares burn very , very hot and my biggest fear was burning holes or melting the suit . That would have been super dangerous . To show how dangerous the jump was , Kerber did a trial run in daylight . A slight mistake would have sent Kerber crashing into craggy rocks . The wingsuit jump produced a dramatic video , with Kerber zooming down the mountain at breakneck speed . 'There definitely was a lot of pressure . Even though we did intense testing before , I did not know for sure how it would turn out . Having fire really close to you on a wingsuit BASE flight leaves no margin for error . Everything has to be worked out . ' The two photographers , Fabian Wyss and Meier , stood on the other side of the valley on the Furrenalp to take the snap . Patrick also had to wait until the torches burned out before he could open the parachute . He said : ' I definitely did not want to open up my parachute with fire still around me , as this could be very dangerous . I only have one single parachute attached to me . If this one burns or melts , it 's over ! ' Kerber decided to use two torches . The first one he ignited before he took off and held in his right hand so it would be visible to the photographer . When the torch burned out , he opened up his parachute and when it was safely in the air , ignited a second torch attached to his foot . He said : ' I only had 20 seconds to ignite the second one as it also burned for one minute and I only had 1 minute and 15 seconds to the landing area . ' Patrick Kerber has jumped at night before , but not in winter and only at full moon . He said : 'The feeling was very intense and amazing . It is much harder to orientate yourself , as you ca n't see as well . It feels much more intense because you fly with more feeling and awareness of your body and movements . '
Wingsuit daredevil Patrick Kerber jumped off a 10,000-foot Swiss peak . First he filmed himself performing a daylight flight down Titlis mountain . Then he did the same jump at night , guided by emergency flares . A slow shutter picture of the descent shows his route as a red line .