Not Alps, but wow!

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Not Alps, but wow!

Postby Michael J » Sat Jan 21, 2012 3:15 pm

IIRC, there was a post about a Chinese road somewhere on the Forum a while back.

Same road, different perspective: http://player.vimeo.com/video/31481531?autoplay=1
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Re: Not Alps, but wow!

Postby pingvin » Sat Jan 21, 2012 10:58 pm

Doesn't get much cooler than that...too bad I wouldn't have the balls to do it :oops: Not even close :oops:

Those Red Bull banners etc looked a bit out of place BTW :?
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Re: Not Alps, but wow!

Postby Ballast » Sun Jan 22, 2012 2:08 am

Wow, that was spectacular.
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Re: Not Alps, but wow!

Postby tonyj » Sun Jan 22, 2012 3:17 am

Truly amazing !
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The road up there looks awesome to, anyone know what its called ?
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Re: Not Alps, but wow!

Postby tim » Sun Jan 22, 2012 3:31 am

wow! :shock: :shock:
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Re: Not Alps, but wow!

Postby pingvin » Sun Jan 22, 2012 5:03 am

tonyj wrote:The road up there looks awesome to, anyone know what its called ?


Tianmen Mountain Winding Road in China, see HERE halfway down page.
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Re: Not Alps, but wow!

Postby Michael J » Sun Jan 22, 2012 8:01 am

pingvin wrote:...see HERE halfway down page.

GREAT memory! =D>
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Re: Not Alps, but wow!

Postby iomrob » Sun Jan 22, 2012 8:43 am

great views , but i will leave it to them to get them for me, saying that, Tim and Mark, being the admins on here sould really be doing that for us in the alps. i would do it for you guys if it was my forum, honest i would :^o
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Re: Not Alps, but wow!

Postby BourneToRide » Sun Jan 22, 2012 12:04 pm

If you search for redbull tianmen there is a video of the guy who flies though the hole near the end of that clip. great fun :D
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Re: Not Alps, but wow!

Postby tim » Sun Jan 22, 2012 3:24 pm

iomrob wrote:great views , but i will leave it to them to get them for me, saying that, Tim and Mark, being the admins on here sould really be doing that for us in the alps. i would do it for you guys if it was my forum, honest i would :^o

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Re: Not Alps, but wow!

Postby pingvin » Mon Jan 23, 2012 1:21 am

iomrob wrote:...Tim and Mark, being the admins on here sould really be doing that for us in the alps...

Well, luckily for them, someone else already did the job, here wing suit down Matterhorn :D
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Re: Not Alps, but wow!

Postby iomrob » Mon Jan 23, 2012 2:00 am

pingvin wrote:
iomrob wrote:...Tim and Mark, being the admins on here sould really be doing that for us in the alps...

Well, luckily for them, someone else already did the job, here wing suit down Matterhorn :D

good find.
So there you are, half way up a rock face on the Matterhorn, haning on by 2 fingers trying to hammer you glasp into the rock, and one of these guys fly past and say hello. Well,,,,,you would have a quick decent :shock:
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Re: Not Alps, but wow!

Postby mingy » Mon Jan 23, 2012 3:33 am

What i want to know is how do they remove the stain from the inside of those suits :D

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Re: Not Alps, but wow!

Postby ChrisN » Mon Jan 23, 2012 5:27 am

Impressive !

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Re: Not Alps, but wow!

Postby iomrob » Mon Jan 23, 2012 7:18 am

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