This is just crazy...riding on the edge at the Grand Canyon

[Keith A]

This is just crazy...this guy is riding on the edge at the Grand Canyon. I can't begin to imagine even considering this.

Apologizes in advance, I could only find this video on Facebook.
https://www.facebook.com/vittoriobru...W8&pnref=story

[Keith A]

After watching this again, I'm not sure I'd would even hike across this

[monkeybanana86]

in the drops..

[p nut]

That's some nutty stuff. If you're familiar with Gooseberry Mesa, parts of the trail go right up against the edge of steep cliffs. I get queasy enough just from that. Couldn't imagine riding in that terrain, much less on a road bike.

[monkeybanana86]

Originally Posted by Keith A

After watching this again, I'm not sure I'd would even hike across this

Me neither! Sweaty palms just watching.

[akelman]

Dangerous, selfish, stupid, and almost certainly illegal.

[goonster]

This is an interesting book:

[eBAUMANN]

nope

[Gummee]

There's a great trail along the North Rim that's a hoot to ride, but it doesn't get *that* close to the edge

Highly recommend 2 things: stay away from the South Rim and bring a bike and ride the North Rim

M

[dustyrider]

Reminds me of MacAskill!

[FastforaSlowGuy]

I'm sorry, but this is not cool. It's stupid. It reminds me of that kid who was doing increasingly dangerous stunts in an effort to become a YouTube star. His last (and fatal) stunt was having his girlfriend shoot him in the chest through a book, which he thought would stop the bullet. It didn't, of course, and lives were ruined. We'd be having a very different conversation about this cyclist if the video was of him hitting a little patch of sand and sliding off into oblivion.

[fiamme red]

More insane stuff here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMm...0m5okYVU3ceslw.

[Keith A]

Originally Posted by FastforaSlowGuy

I'm sorry, but this is not cool. It's stupid. It reminds me of that kid who was doing increasingly dangerous stunts in an effort to become a YouTube star. His last (and fatal) stunt was having his girlfriend shoot him in the chest through a book, which he thought would stop the bullet. It didn't, of course, and lives were ruined. We'd be having a very different conversation about this cyclist if the video was of him hitting a little patch of sand and sliding off into oblivion.

Point well taken.

[fiamme red]

Originally Posted by akelman

Dangerous, selfish, stupid, and almost certainly illegal.

Those words all apply to Philippe Petit's high-wire walk between the Twin Towers in 1974, except that his act was certainly illegal. And yet it was glorified in The Walk a few years ago by Robert Zemeckis.

I don't understand why Brumotti chooses to risk his life all the time for his stunts, but I don't see why he should be condemned for them any more than one of the Flying Wallendas for their high-wire acts, e.g., https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MX_jFK9Zf5k. He knows the risks.

[Dead Man]

Originally Posted by akelman

Dangerous, selfish, stupid, and almost certainly illegal.

Gonna go out on a limb and guess you're not much a risk-taker, eh?