Ski-gliding the Eiger!

[dirtwigle]

Check this out. Ut1kGmOhzWQ

[ZimZam]

Re-run

[cman]

rock skis!! i'd hate to see what would happen if they actually hit one. the are some pretty nice high speed turns.

[philfort]

rock skis!!

 

... more like rocket-skis.

 

Very cool, but would be even cooler without the rocket assist.

[G-spotter]

That's not skiing... it's flying close to the ground.

[jordop]

That would be way better on a monoski or maybe a pogostick.

[Hendershot]

It was great how you can hear the sound of the wind, but you can't hear the guy saying, "SHIT, SHIT, OH SHIT, WHAT WAS I THINKING?"

[philfort]

It was great how you can hear the sound of the wind, but you can't hear the guy saying, "SHIT, SHIT, OH SHIT, WHAT WAS I THINKING?"

 

That's the sound of the rockets, actually...

[dylan_taylor]

The edited version

[plexus]

This never gets old.

[iain]

those poor gotamas

[Stefan]

Still a fricken rad movie skiing the eiger.

 

Seen it many times. Love it.

[olyclimber]

would be way cooler on a BMX

 

[Buckaroo]

Those guys have an extra heart type thing, and all it does is pump the adrenaline while their doing that. I wonder what the GPM is of that adrenaline pump.

 

Reminds me of Sandia Crest in Albuquerque NM. On the steep side it's 10,000 ft at the top and goes down about 45 to 50deg to the valley at 5,000'. We used to go to the top and watch the hang gliders jump off the edge. You would get a huge adrenaline rush just watching them do it.