The Crane stuff is all perspective - 5.0 free solo at best..
I was doing sh#t like that off of bridge cat walks when I was 11 year old.
Hard to believe climbers would find that scary considering we often have to slam gear in while hanging of a shitty finger locks etc..
The kid is rocking one thank god hold after another and can pull to safety at any time...pfftt
That Bike racing is sick - I watched it twice..just awesome!!!
the real beauty of this race is that it's done for nothing but love of sport.
the winners take home a max of only ~$48k per class won, or barely enough to cover the cost of running just this race [pit crews, bike costs, transportation, etc].
and as someone else mentioned almost 250 deaths in the 105 years that it has been run.
i have a friend who races targa in newfoundland [a closed circuit time trial format car race run through and between small towns in newfoundland]. this is not him, but is from the same course:
just watching his dash cam videos make my hands sweat. but at least he has a co-driver to help with navigation.
otoh, the isle of man competitors are racing essentially blind until they are able to memorize the 200 bends and 38 mile course. this article says racers take an average of 3 years just to get to know the course. jesus f*#king christ.
oh well, another place/event to add to the bucket list - and i have no delusions that i'll be doing anything but happily spectating! thanks for the initial post T.C.
[and if you've got 50 min. to kill, the same article linked above has a good documentary with interesting interviews and stories from behind the scenes of the 2012 race.]
Ha, Ha, Ha........Lance Amstrong would have those guys for breakfast.
Impossible. He only has one ball and it's filled with fake old hardened silicone. First turn (Turn 1 Bray Hill) he'd impact the Post Office straight on and be history. Dead! The only thing left would be the old hardened left nut rolling down the road.
If your just realizing this race is taking place you've been living under a rock.
Any motorcyclist who knows anything about a motorcycle knows about this race. It makes those guys on tracks look like children.
How about a Yos TT start at the mobile station race through the park to the 120 entrance and then hang a right to angels camp hang another right go over Sonora and back to the mobile station.
Wide f*#king open winner takes all.
Check out the side cars and yes people die doing this race and while sad they die, what do you expect when you hit a rock wall at 140 plus
One of the few "Track" Grand Prix Champions that also rode and won the IOM, 10 times. This dude was and still is a master of the bike. A humble living Legend!
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