Dayvo
just passin' through
- Location
- 59° 50′ 5.55″ N, 10° 47′ 41.89″ E
How long does it take you to travel 239 metres?
- Thread starter Dayvo
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Landslide
Rare Migrant
- Location
- Called to the bar
Wow.
I thought he was going to run out of landing!
I thought he was going to run out of landing!
MajorMantra
Well-Known Member
- Location
- Edinburgh
From the related videos, the same jump complete with painful wipe-out:
View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RAWPXnFMk9M&feature=related
Matthew
View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RAWPXnFMk9M&feature=related
Matthew
snorri
Legendary Member
- Location
- East coast, up a bit.
I stood on the "launch pad" of the Holmenkollen ski jump near Oslo, just standing there was quite enough for me thank you.
I'm not a skier but found the ski museum and jump an interesting place to visit if you are touring in that area.
I'm not a skier but found the ski museum and jump an interesting place to visit if you are touring in that area.
Keith Oates
Janner
- Location
- Penarth, Wales
It takes a lot of bottle to go for those jumps, Eddie the Eagle used to get some stick for his poor jump lengths but he had my respect for just doing the jump.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Aperitif
Meme bar
- Location
- ...I don't have much idea - really.
This illustrates longers' fears I think - I am still cringing. Nutters!
View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6o0OeYho0Y
View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6o0OeYho0Y
mr Mag00
rising member
- Location
- Deepest Dorset
rag doll 
ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
(I may have mentioned this before on CycleChat - I certainly have elsewhere.)
I got chatting to a Norwegian student at university. Apparently, one summer when he was a lad, he cycled to a ski resort with his mates. They were looking at a big ski jump and one of those 'mates' dared him to ride his bike down it. Being young, foolish and wanting to show off, he agreed to do it...
He remembered thinking at one point that perhaps that wasn't the best decision he'd ever made! He landed badly and the bike disintegrated beneath him. I can't remember the full list of his injuries but it certainly included broken arms and legs, collar bones, ribs, fractured skull, internal bleeding. He spent the best part of a year in hospital.
I reckon that he was very lucky to survive. The way I look at it - cowardice exists for a reason!
I got chatting to a Norwegian student at university. Apparently, one summer when he was a lad, he cycled to a ski resort with his mates. They were looking at a big ski jump and one of those 'mates' dared him to ride his bike down it. Being young, foolish and wanting to show off, he agreed to do it...
He remembered thinking at one point that perhaps that wasn't the best decision he'd ever made! He landed badly and the bike disintegrated beneath him. I can't remember the full list of his injuries but it certainly included broken arms and legs, collar bones, ribs, fractured skull, internal bleeding. He spent the best part of a year in hospital.
I reckon that he was very lucky to survive. The way I look at it - cowardice exists for a reason!
MajorMantra
Well-Known Member
- Location
- Edinburgh
Aperitif said:
Yikes.Matthew
