Volcano Mission on Mount Bromo Indonesia - Video
There are not many of active volcanoes in Europe. We know them from movies, books or even just from the internet. Until I stood at the edge of an active crater, I just simply couldn’t imagine the power, which is somewhere deep inside. This mission couldn’t have happened without a bike and a camera.
The feeling when you are walking up the crater, feeling kind of little rumble, and you know something is happening deep in your body. Everything around is shaking a bit and the wind is blowing. Then you just look over the edge and you see something unimaginable. That is what I had a chance to experience a few weeks ago in Indonesia.
After I finished the race in Klemuk, the city of Batu, Java Indonesia (finals of Indonesian Downhill Cup 2017) I figured I would go on a mission to a nearby active volcano – Mount Bromo. The local guys, my second family from the Spartan Racing team, gave it the green light as well, joined me and everyone was really excited.
We had to start the trip around midnight so we could climb up to an opposite mountain then walk back down and move to the crater of Bromo for some riding.
The views were just breathtaking and that is all I can actually say. Check out the video, which I managed to edit from the whole day’s adventure. It was a long day which I am probably never going to forget. It wasn’t just one experience, it was the whole day packed with a high-intensity adventure. The biggest challenge was definitely the ride down that crater ridge.
Maybe it will not be apparent from the video, but I still get goosebumps when I see the footage now. Great mission, all good and I hope you liked it as well.
More of my adventures:
YouTube channel
Special thanks to my friends at Spartan Racing Team and mas Arief.
Pictures and some footage: Mr. Ripan and Mr. Afwan.
Main footage and edit: Matej Charvat
Thanks to all my partners for support:
Banshee Bikes
Kenny Racing
Chaoyang Tire
Funn
HT Components
Koolstop
Atlas
Formula Brakes - Cyklo Bartoníček
Fiveten - Elementstore.cz
SuperB
Fotoskoda.cz / Panasonic CZ/SK
MENTIONS: @charvatbros
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Been there in 2016
it took us 20mn to reach the top of the caldera and a few minutes to ride down on our small bikes but yeah Bromo is so rad !!
Unfortunately we only had an old go pro and our smartphones to cover the trip :
www.pinkbike.com/u/yinro/album/We-Bring-You-Elsewhere--Indonesia-Bromo
But this is too much drama, woke up a 2am , hard to climb an active volcano...blah blah blah. The truth about it is that there is a road going up and down all the way to the base of the bromo volcano and the climb to the top is 20min and there is nothing exhausting about it unless u’ve never climb a bunch of stairs in your whole life. The dowhill is surely pretty fun and riding the edge is rad but one must be dumb to fall down on the wrong side.
Video from Besakih: youtu.be/ph9xClH7sU4