Literally just a trumpet player flying down a zip-line playing an insanely high note

12 July 2016, 17:08 | Updated: 6 January 2017, 14:45

Don’t ask us why, but there is something delightfully satisfying about this wanton act of physical and musical stupidity.

Sometimes, in humankind’s quest to conquer his surroundings, dangerous things have to happen. It’s the nature of progress. And in the name of progress, we bring you this inspiring moment.

Trumpeter and zip-line enthusiast trumpetjens smashes out a top G on his trumpet while travelling at a death-defying velocity, and the result is strangely life-affirming: