Many people, myself included, have a fear of heights, and the thought of just driving a few feet away from a mountain’s edge can be quite unnerving.
New Zealand’s “Mad” Mike Whiddett is seemingly not one of those people.
In a video uploaded earlier this week by Red Bull, Whiddett drifts the Mazda RX8 BADBUL right up to the guardrail as he drifts South Africa’s iconic Franschhoek Pass.
While the video, named “Conquer The Cape,” features some incredible drifts, equally as stunning are some of the views that Whiddett got to see overlooking the South African mountains, although, for some of them, he probably had to look through his rear-view mirror.
“The drive itself was just crazy,” said Whiddett. "I can compare it a bit to Conquer the Crown - a very successful project we did back home that was a game-changer for drifting because of the credibility the sport got for the precision driving. The scenery is very similar, but this road was far more raw, with massive cliff-drops and not much run-off. There wasn't much space for error."
