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OMG! My heart is pounding after watching these videos
Clive Maxfield
2/6/2012 1:30 PM EST
Sometime last year I penned a column about a “sitting on the edge of your seat” video called Grinding The Crack in which Jeb Corliss (described as "A man whose private parts generate their own gravitational field") uses a Bat-Wing-Suit to fly down a cliff and through a canyon and … I cannot describe it … you simply have to watch it:
Well, my chum Brian LaGrave just pointed me at another interesting video of a “thing” (I don’t know how better to describe it) that involves you riding on something that is attached-to / rolls-down a pipe that goes down a giant sloping hill in Austria. You really do have to watch this all the way through – some of the turns further down the hill as you zip under small bridges and suchlike make you shout “Wow!” … and that’s just when you are watching the video (I think I’d be shouting something else if I was actually taking the ride).
So, I sent this to my friend Brian Bailey, who replied “Hi Max, I will do your downhill coaster if you take part in this [see video below]. It’s only a bike race… what could be wrong with that! (PS I have been to Valparaiso and I know how steep the streets are. Makes the streets of San Francisco look flat! Don’t forget your helmet!)"
GOOD GRIEF!!! I thought the downhill coaster was bad, but this bike ride literally had my heart in my mouth (OK, perhaps not “literally” but you know what I mean).
I can’t believe my heart is pounding so much when all I did was sit here and watch the video … goodness only knows what I’d be like if I’d made this run myself...
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Well, my chum Brian LaGrave just pointed me at another interesting video of a “thing” (I don’t know how better to describe it) that involves you riding on something that is attached-to / rolls-down a pipe that goes down a giant sloping hill in Austria. You really do have to watch this all the way through – some of the turns further down the hill as you zip under small bridges and suchlike make you shout “Wow!” … and that’s just when you are watching the video (I think I’d be shouting something else if I was actually taking the ride).
So, I sent this to my friend Brian Bailey, who replied “Hi Max, I will do your downhill coaster if you take part in this [see video below]. It’s only a bike race… what could be wrong with that! (PS I have been to Valparaiso and I know how steep the streets are. Makes the streets of San Francisco look flat! Don’t forget your helmet!)"
GOOD GRIEF!!! I thought the downhill coaster was bad, but this bike ride literally had my heart in my mouth (OK, perhaps not “literally” but you know what I mean).
I can’t believe my heart is pounding so much when all I did was sit here and watch the video … goodness only knows what I’d be like if I’d made this run myself...
If you found this article to be amusing and/or of interest, visit Programmable Logic Designline where – in addition to my blogs on all sorts of "stuff" (also check out my Max's Cool Beans blog) – you will find the latest and greatest design, technology, product, and news articles with regard to programmable logic devices of every flavor and size (FPGAs, CPLDs, CSSPs, PSoCs...).
Also, you can obtain a highlights update delivered directly to your inbox by signing up for my weekly newsletter – just Click Here to request this newsletter using the Manage Newsletters tab (if you aren't already a member you'll be asked to register, but it's free and painless so don't let that stop you [grin]).
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