Watch the Irish Wingsuit Team’s world record-breaking skydive from 35,000 feet

Such was their height, large clouds below were made to look like little cotton balls.

The Irish Wingsuit Team broke a series of world records for distance and time spent in freefall earlier this month, writes Stephen Barry.

The daredevil trio of Marc Daly, from Armagh, and Kildare brothers David and Stephen Duffy jumped from 35,000ft, a height 6,000ft higher than Mount Everest, over Sacramento, California.