He's blazing a trail! Daredevil runner feels the heat as he jogs along edge of active volcano crater

  • Piotr Babis filmed himself running on narrow ridge of Mount Bromo, in Indonesia
  • He is heard panting heavily while smoke rises from crater on island of East Java 
  • Mount Bromo is a popular tourist site which looks out across the Tengger massif

This daredevil probably started sweating sooner than your average jogger... after deciding to run along the edge of an active volcano. 

Dramatic footage shows Piotr Babis pounding along the rim of Mount Bromo, a volcano crater in Indonesia.

Babis, who lives in Cradle Mountain, Tasmania, can be heard panting heavily as he carefully makes his way around the narrow ridge, while smokes rises towards him. 

The adventure runner, who originally uploaded the clip to Instagram, selected the route as there were fewer people on that section of the crater.   

Thrillseeker Piotr Babis shot this footage as he (carefully) ran along the edge of an active volcano - Mount Bromo, in Indonesia

Thrillseeker Piotr Babis shot this footage as he (carefully) ran along the edge of an active volcano - Mount Bromo, in Indonesia

Babis, from Cradle Mountain, Tasmania, in Australia, can be heard panting heavily as he makes his way around the narrow ridge of the crater

Babis, from Cradle Mountain, Tasmania, in Australia, can be heard panting heavily as he makes his way around the narrow ridge of the crater

The adventure runner originally uploaded the clip to Instagram. The volcano is situated on the island of East Java

The adventure runner originally uploaded the clip to Instagram. The volcano is situated on the island of East Java

Babis (above, in Freycinet National Park, Tasmania)  uses the handle iron_explorer on Instagram

Babis (above, in Freycinet National Park, Tasmania)  uses the handle iron_explorer on Instagram

Mount Bromo, on the island of East Java, is such an extraordinary site that thousands of tourists visit every year to enjoy breathtaking vistas across the Tengger massif to the misty peaks beyond. 

The volcano is part of the Bromo Tengger Semeru National Park - and Bromo itself stands at 7,641ft (2,329 metres) above the plain, named The Sea of Sand. 

Although not the highest peak in the range, it is the most famous.

Plumes of thick smoke rise above Mount Bromo - a popular tourist site - during an eruption in June 2004

Plumes of thick smoke rise above Mount Bromo - a popular tourist site - during an eruption in June 2004

Every year, hundreds of Indonesians mark the festival of Yadnya Kasada by trekking up to the summit to throw offerings into the crater beyond.

The people, from the Tengger tribe, gather from the surrounding highlands to cast fruit, vegetables, flowers, and even livestock such as goats and chickens into Mount Bromo's smoking belly as part of the ritual. 

The origin of the festival dates back to when a princess named Roro Anteng founded the principality of Tengger with her husband, Joko Seger. The couple were childless and called on the assistance of the mountain gods.

Hundreds of Indonesians mark the festival of Yadnya Kasada each year by trekking up to the summit to throw offerings - including fruit, vegetables, flowers, and even livestock such as chickens (above), into the crater beyond

Hundreds of Indonesians mark the festival of Yadnya Kasada each year by trekking up to the summit to throw offerings - including fruit, vegetables, flowers, and even livestock such as chickens (above), into the crater beyond

The gods granted them 24 children but stipulated that the 25th child, named Kesuma, must be thrown into the volcano as a human sacrifice. The gods' request was fulfilled.

While human sacrifices are no longer used, the tradition of throwing other offerings into the volcano to appease these ancient deities continues today.

The area was made a national park in 1919 and many tourists now take the traditional 45minute walk up the volcano - or use the more modern method of a jeep to tour the area.

Babis shot his footage in June 2018 but it has recently emerged online. 

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