"Descends like it's on rails...."

[tv_vt]

Oh, you mean like this?

http://www.flixxy.com/alpine-coaster.htm

[eddief]

that really does look like big fun.

[GuyGadois]

Oh, you mean like this?

http://www.flixxy.com/alpine-coaster.htm

That is so awesome. Thanks for posting.

One son and I would do it. My wife and other son say no way.

GG

[Chance]

Looks like a lot of fun, although lack of brakes requires a lot of trust in equipment and people maintaining system.

Would like to know if that's actual speed or if sped up for special effect. Video seems a little fast.

[benitosan1972]

i'd try that... but only on an empty stomach.
that was a pretty long descent, lots of tight turns = G forces.
i'd estimate the top speed to maybe be around 60-70mph? definitely want a helmet and some goggles, maybe even a kevlar suit "just in case"

[SamIAm]

I keep picturing an animal crossing the tracks at the wrong time.

[Nooch]

reading the blurb, he chose not to use the brake on that run... so I wonder how strong they are in general, say if an animal crossed the track..

[Elefantino]

Same guy, different coaster. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MUVFiNVRvEU&src_vid=HIZkkQBdUdQ&annotation_id=annotation_61914&feature=iv) A tandem. Even more bad-*ss.

[thwart]

Yeah, I dunno... the first one, without catch fences and its 'just hacked out of the woods' look, was best, IMO...

[phcollard]

People in the Alps are never short of ideas to entertain summer tourists. I like this one too. Cable length a bit less than 1 mile. Speed 120 kph :D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NaMD-cjsCp8

[jghall]

Pretty cool.

[Chance]

People in the Alps are never short of ideas to entertain summer tourists. I like this one too. Cable length a bit less than 1 mile. Speed 120 kph :D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NaMD-cjsCp8
That is great. As close to flying like Superman as most of us could get. :beer:

[tiretrax]

That's a lot of fun. I wouldn't want to become derailed and hit one of the many tree stumps on the course (well, anything for that matter).

[Bud_E]

I keep picturing an animal crossing the tracks at the wrong time.


Those animals and their future offspring have been self-selected out of the population by now.

That ride looks like a blast. My daughter and I went on a similar ride at Big Bear that runs on a concrete track but it's probably 1/10th as long as this one and I was still all over the brake.

[laupsi]

gotta fess up, I could never do that. too old and unwilling to push my excitement threshold at this stage in my life :o