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Trip to the alpine region near Zermatt, July 2009 | Thx for this great shot Bernhard!
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Jul 11, 2012
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- Gotta give the man props: he can ride. I rode Zermatt last summer, and it is a sick zone that has it all--especially big unforgiving mountains.
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Valais-2009
Category
XC Riding
Date Posted
Apr 1, 2010 at 4:53
Apr 1, 2010
Location
Zermatt, Switzerland
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Riders
Myself
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conor1234567890
(Jul 11, 2012 at 0:01)
Higher than bob marley
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carlosamigo
(Jul 11, 2012 at 2:44)
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Afro man too...
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chyu
(Jul 11, 2012 at 2:55)
Hey, I found a cat.
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RonDH
(Jul 11, 2012 at 5:38)
surely deserves a POD!
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BurgerBiker
(Jul 11, 2012 at 5:42)
PODPODPOD!!!!!!!!!!!!
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conor1234567890
(Jul 11, 2012 at 8:06)
Thats why it is pod
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giant1996
(Jul 11, 2012 at 8:35)
balls to the wall man,sick!
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scottrallye
(Jul 11, 2012 at 9:05)
REAL Mountain biking.
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xxslopestylerider9x
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only trolls such as myself count the number of switchbacks shown, and yes there are indeed 18 visible.
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fantaman
(Jul 11, 2012 at 11:32)
That rider is just a tiny dot on that mountain
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rockhopper15
(Jul 11, 2012 at 13:10)
ohhhh shiiiiiitt. thats heavy man
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mcmahonad
(Jul 11, 2012 at 14:03)
Putting the mountain in mountain biking
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mtbrider256
(Jul 11, 2012 at 19:35)
i see more people at the top!
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carlosamigo
(Jul 17, 2012 at 6:04)
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-45 props I'm so proud
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baannsshhee
(Jul 22, 2012 at 18:05)
Love the look of that trail twisting its way down the mountain
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rccannondale
(Jul 11, 2012 at 0:02)
Spent forever trying to find him on the switchbacks... then i noticed the upper left corner. POD worthy for sure
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Bullitproof
(Jul 11, 2012 at 0:36)
im liking the new shift in POD's in the last little bit... excited to see whats to come for sure
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PatMcG
(Jul 11, 2012 at 3:39)
well i thaught it was a helmet cam until i sore the upper corner...
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TyranT21
(Jul 11, 2012 at 5:42)
I love how everyone is just watching him from the top, not game to follow yet
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SandersB
(Jul 11, 2012 at 0:27)
WOW I need to start traveling, its a big world out there.
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Draggon
(Jul 11, 2012 at 0:02)
"You are here."
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DoCenT-Zmc
(Apr 6, 2010 at 1:58)
Nice drop on his way
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huwarcher
(Jul 11, 2012 at 4:40)
I bet when he eventually got down he said something like " Oh ffs, left my keys up there!!!"
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doubledeuce
(Jul 11, 2012 at 8:09)
"Do I really NEED my wallet?" .....
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shredds
(Jul 11, 2012 at 18:49)
Not if you're poor like me.
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shishka
(Jul 11, 2012 at 6:50)
Thats a nice mountain pic. How is that guy riding inside a floating bubble?
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erikmraz
(Jul 11, 2012 at 11:36)
Looks like The Pass of Caradhras in the Misty Mountains, which the Fellowship of the Ring took to avoid the Gap of Rohan. Epic beautiful wilderness.
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JAKEsterizer
(Jul 11, 2012 at 17:11)
...
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cyberoptixs
(Apr 1, 2010 at 21:26)
crazy
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cyberoptixs
(Apr 1, 2010 at 23:45)
i still cant get over how fricken nuts this is!! mad props man!!!
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xXZULTXx
(Apr 12, 2010 at 18:38)
look at that zigzag trail going down the middle, Sweet!!!
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orangepatriotcoil
(Jun 6, 2010 at 10:24)
thats what i owuld call a sweet trail ! But getting up there thats a mish !
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andrewgrant
(Jul 11, 2012 at 19:59)
it's called a helicopter bro
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pali26
(Jul 11, 2012 at 1:24)
the picture looks awesome but it's a shame that we are not getting it in a higher res.
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bendy
(Jul 11, 2012 at 0:24)
by the time i had got to the top of that thing id be too buggered to ride back down
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Stuuriaan
(Jul 11, 2012 at 5:48)
imagine flipping the front wheel at one of those switchbacks...that's gonna be a looooong loooooooooong way down
dear god I most definitely would sh*t my pants up there
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ziperzap
(Jul 11, 2012 at 1:09)
it's rare seeing a POD appreciating the bigger picture.
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therealtylerdurden
(Jul 11, 2012 at 11:47)
How the hell is this in "XC riding?!"
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specialized15
(Jul 11, 2012 at 0:37)
this looks steep from just looking at it, imagine if you're riding down it! Absolutely insane!
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ffmc
(Jul 11, 2012 at 3:37)
Those switchbacks are insane. I wonder just how steep that slope is though?
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ercover
(Jul 11, 2012 at 5:02)
Mother Earth's nipple.
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mcarswell
(Jul 11, 2012 at 11:19)
thats sick,does anyone know how they got up there,heli? that would be a hell of a hike...sick shot! raw riding
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tworldsmine
(Jul 11, 2012 at 13:10)
He did not use the flash, did he?!
PODs are getting EPIC recently aren't they?
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gr8tfyredup
(Jul 11, 2012 at 22:18)
no guts/ no glory!!!ride like the wind!stay fired-up!cold brewskis@ the bottom**.
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kisiel64
(Apr 6, 2010 at 4:57)
this man is crazy
POD for skills
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oonser
(Apr 12, 2010 at 19:26)
holy crap. that is way cool.
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mthygesen
(May 24, 2010 at 9:36)
the crazy thing is he had to walk his bike all the way up there
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tanner-greiner
(Jul 11, 2012 at 22:15)
Or hit the granny gear!
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tolek87
(Jan 19, 2012 at 3:43)
Mettel? Is it rideable? I also thought about this summit.
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simonsilver
(Jul 11, 2012 at 0:04)
Umm I cannot imagine climbing those swithbacks to the top
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Pabail
(Jul 11, 2012 at 12:05)
yeth ith high up simon
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erdadh
(Jul 11, 2012 at 1:01)
haha,one of the best pics i ever seen.
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SHEESHKAH
(Jul 11, 2012 at 1:35)
Not what I would expect for a POD, it is unusual but I like it.
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beardwithabike
(Jul 11, 2012 at 12:59)
Chuck Norris would have ridden uphill
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Micheal-W
(Jul 11, 2012 at 15:38)
hes as high as a llama in peru
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dirtdestroyer
(Jul 11, 2012 at 17:20)
when he got to the tope he said to himself, "wheres the bathroom?"
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jkipp
(Jul 11, 2012 at 18:38)
I wonder what the people chilling at the top are thinking...
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WAKIdesigns
(Apr 4, 2010 at 1:51)
this is amaaaaazing!!!
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Jay-Beno-93
(Apr 12, 2010 at 8:15)
wow thats sick
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tonydeluxe
(Jul 11, 2012 at 2:34)
Looks stressful
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czarny360
(Jul 11, 2012 at 2:56)
I see some ppl on the top
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wassoides
(Jul 11, 2012 at 7:20)
wie heißt der berg?
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cofattire
(Jul 11, 2012 at 7:37)
Great contrast of scale.
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Amplidude
(Jul 11, 2012 at 13:07)
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APMLF
(Jul 11, 2012 at 15:04)
Cool
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diogodavinha
(Jul 11, 2012 at 19:22)
sweet! ZIG ZAG trail!
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gauravman
(Jul 19, 2012 at 5:23)
Amazing ... epic
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specialized78
(Aug 16, 2012 at 4:41)
Epic
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AlligatorRider
(Jul 11, 2012 at 2:58)
Looks like a tolberone
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mariocart
(Jul 11, 2012 at 5:20)
Would anyone mind looking at our video, bit of a laugh haha
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVUM1NLh0hk&list=UUrhYxb_Pqs0RRwI0HZKw65A&index=0&feature=plcp
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jcrowther97
(Jul 11, 2012 at 0:02)
riding on a giant turd....
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goober6801
(Jul 11, 2012 at 3:34)
Looks like King Kong took a massive turd!!!
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