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Photo info
- Album
- Bolivia-2011
- Category
- All Mountain/Enduro
- Date Posted
- Jun 10, 2011 at 8:18Jun 10, 2011
- Location
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Sorata, Bolivia
- Trail
- Ridge Trail
- Riders
- Rene Wildhaber
Photo details
- Photo Size:
- Camera
- Canon EOS-1D Mark III
- Lens
- EF16-35mm f/2.8L USM
- Shutter Speed
- 1/1000
- Aperture
- 5.0
- Focal Length
- 16.0 mm
- ISO Speed
- 400
- Date
- 2011:06:05
- Time
- 23:37:34
- Copyright ©
- Marco Toniolo
19 Comments
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h0rnyunic0rnie
(Jun 12, 2011 at 1:31)
Beautiful, like your other shot.
Only criticism is for the rider - please wear a full face for a drop like this. I just watched my mate spend 3 days in a Welsh hospital with a smashed face after an unexpected off. And that was with a full face 661!
POD, by the way.
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moot statement RE the helmet, he could have spent 3 days in the hospital for a smashed pelvis, a helmet is to protect your brain, and an open face does a perfectly good job of that. A full face is like wearing pads, optional, and only really provides so much protection. While I'd probably be wearing a full face for this (well, i probably wouldn't even have the balls for it), it's up to the rider what helmet he wears. And that said, it's not as if the guy doesn't know what he's doing.
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"not as if the guy doesn't know what he's doing"
Of course he knows what he's doing, look at him. Style. But, what happens if something unexpected goes wrong, like a snapped bar or rim, slipped hand, or whatever it may be. When a person drops something like this, it's just common sense to protect not only your brain, but your face as well. The thing is, some people don't fully protect themselves until after the "major one."
Anyways, the picture is wild. Absolutely.
Of course he knows what he's doing, look at him. Style. But, what happens if something unexpected goes wrong, like a snapped bar or rim, slipped hand, or whatever it may be. When a person drops something like this, it's just common sense to protect not only your brain, but your face as well. The thing is, some people don't fully protect themselves until after the "major one."
Anyways, the picture is wild. Absolutely.
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Yeah, like i say, i'd wear a full face doing something like that, but it's his choice. Only protection i use for downhill is knee pads, full face and a wrist brace (after i broke my wrist), but that's my choice, and i only have myself to blame if something goes wrong!
It is a badass photo though.
It is a badass photo though.
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Great photo. Amazing altitude- I'd need oxygen tanks to last up there!
To dive in on the helmet front, for this kind of riding a full face is of course preferable from a safety point of view. Frontal impacts can transfer a lot of energy into the soft frontal bones of the face, and maxillary fractures are extremely dangerous due to clot and infection risk. Its not just your life but the QUALITY of your life that you protect from additional safety gear.
