Antarctica wrote:
One of the twin otter pilots I work with is major into this shit. The guy is absolutely nuts. Without any sort of fear.
Good pilot though, does a lot of cowboy shit but no more than any other bush pilot. I think he lasted a matter of weeks at the airlines, just zero regard for his own personal safety. It takes a certain kind to do that thing, there are dozens of moments in that video where he easily could've died.
Its not something you can just jump into.
At the time I did it that one day, I was riding about 15 Miles per day on regular trails, so I was very conditioned, yet I almost fucked up both myself and my bike. My buddy kept telling me that it was no big deal, but he had a fat tire bike that was way better-suited to the type of shock and stress we were putting our bikes and bodies through. I was incredibly lucky that I did not get seriously injured. At one point in the course, we were riding on the 8 inch wide remnants of a dug-out concrete foundation of a house - and that's it. You have 8 inches for your tires to grab - or nothing - about 10 feet down onto solid concrete on one side, and rocks on the other. You fall, you are getting
fucked-up. Never, ever again.