Video: Caution Do Not Fall

May 13, 2014 at 12:20
by Tassan Cédric  
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  • 71 1
 The mental aspect of riding a trail like that is huge. We ride trails much narrower all the time and rarely go off the trail, of course the penalty is minimal when there isn't a cliff. Physically it is exactly the same.
  • 8 0
 In fact the trail is hugely wide for a bicycle, but you are just right it would be very hard to ride it at all with all the thoughts of possible falling and game over. There are two major mental dangers to face. One of the very first approach when you know nothing about slope, surface, corners and you go discovering things and adjusting speed and technique. The other is the fact tha among others I would definitely ride it again and again and then routine and overconfidence could be fatal. The easiest feature of the trail is that it is quite flat. Immagine a steep descent or uphill.
  • 12 0
 2:09... That's sketchy. However I agree tht the rest I the trail is quite wide, but there is a lot less margin for error than on a regular trail.
  • 74 6
 Video: Caution Do Not Listen To Music
  • 4 4
 It's always seems narrower than it really could be, because of the cam high over the helmet and it's wide angle optics. It shows everything more dangerously. Be a hero..
  • 50 0
 @lukachadwick 2:09, I'll have one ticket on the Nopetrain to f*ckthatville
  • 4 0
 look sideways at the drop and down you go
  • 11 0
 id be bricking it just walking that trail !
  • 45 1
 Ditch the camelbak, I'm wearing a parachute
  • 3 1
 @lukachadwick that's the first thing that crossed my mind when I saw it drop off.
  • 4 0
 Image if they came across a walker on other the side of one of those blind corners.
  • 14 3
 this seems very un necessarily risky to ride a mediocre trail. IMO.. huge props to the riders for being balsy enough, I'd not ride that.

Salute
  • 10 1
 @dmadness, you are absolutely right, why risk your life for some mediocre single track? Still, the riders have incredible mental fortitude, good for them.
  • 2 0
 Big grippy tyres are first line of defence and the parachute as a backup......
  • 4 0
 Its not everyday you get to witness views like that as you ride. Regardless of how mediocre it is...
  • 1 5
flag jedrzeja (May 14, 2014 at 13:57) (Below Threshold)
 Guys! Parachute sounds like it could make sence, but it is too low and too close space for a parachute in majority of drops there. Maybe there are some tiny parachutes, like the one used in the movie Entrapment (1999), but they need some blowing upwards to make it really work and slow down a falling. Using a parachute safely means jumping far from a cliff. People usually don't fly. This is the attraction of this place. In Finland they say SISU.
  • 1 0
 Clip you wussies! JK! I don't think I could do it....as stated above the mental aspect of that trail has defeated already.
  • 2 0
 i'm mentally defeated right now. so scared of heights, specifically large cliffs and vertical faces. i need to watch something to calm me down.
  • 1 0
 I think that I have more chances of surviving playing the Russian roulette than riding that trail!
  • 1 0
 Watching this path I am still judging if I could approach to ride it, so it can't so bad, becasue I am not really brave. I think it's a matter of control over body, bike etc. They are riding too fast for me. If I were to do this I would choose to ride completely alone and half of their speed. The worse part for me would be 2:24 where I would probably kill myself trying to avoid hitting the rock by the rear wheel. About Russians. I've found this video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLDYtH1RH-U and it's the second time I've watched it. It's really hard for me to continue to watch through the second half of it. I've got a theory why Russians do such things. The theory consists of three fact. One: Living in Russia you get used to huge risks, like cars speeding on sidewalks, going the wrong way in traffic etc. This way, the second fact: it is really hard to have the adrenaline rush or others attention. The third one, probably the most convincing for me: Living in this country you are most likely to have nothing to loose. Off course this is my personal and by the same very subjective opinion.
  • 2 0
 Yes most of the trail is pretty wide but the waterfall was slanted in fact very slanted and wet (not a good combination)
  • 1 0
 SAME VIDEO…PROPER SONG….

vimeo.com/95772264
  • 1 0
 If I were to listen to such a music I would jump off without asking. My suspension sounds better.
  • 37 1
 man this video had me on edge...
  • 13 1
 That tune had me on the edge
  • 6 1
 They really incorporated some good cliff hangers.
  • 30 1
 I felt much saferer for myself when they entered the tree areas... Whew... 8-/
  • 6 0
 Couldn't pay me to ride that, my stomach ached just watching. That narrow section past the waterfall O.O
  • 4 0
 I have that stomachache each time I put on a fullface helmet.
  • 5 0
 I have a stomach ache after each time I eat at Taco Bell, but it quickly goes away after a horrendous bout of flaming diarrhea.
  • 23 0
 Yeah I'm good without riding that close to death.
  • 20 1
 the only reason to wear a helmet on this trail is to hold the gopro...
  • 1 0
 ^hahaha !
  • 16 0
 Anyone else find themselves leaning into the cliff face while watching this?
  • 2 0
 oh yea!!!
  • 4 0
 makes me want to cut my bars down
  • 10 0
 Well !!!! That puckered up my butthole. Imagine the first time you get to ride that sketchy shit. You do only need space wide enough for your bars/shoulders though.
  • 5 0
 Alot of riders are saying that the gopro fisheye makes it look more dramatic than real life, but I've never looked at footage after the fact that did something justice, it ALWAYS looks bigger, scarier, gnarlier, sketchier in real life!
  • 1 0
 I completely agree! I show my videos after riding to my friends and I feel stupid because the stuff looks so easy and flat. The only thing that looks real or close is speed.
  • 9 0
 the waterfall crossing... wow
  • 4 0
 I was thinking the same, the rest doesn't look too bad, just a matter of getting your head round the exposure but that waterfall crossing was insane.
  • 4 0
 Watch gain at 2:07. It's only the centripedal force that keeps the tires on the trail. You have to corner into the wall to stick in.
  • 2 0
 Agree on the waterfall. I'd probably ride 2:09, but that waterfall is some sketch death wish bullshyte.
  • 5 0
 WOW! The sickest headcam shot and the one of the sickest jump (at 2:36) I've ever seen!
  • 2 0
 let's write your thesis! Big Grin am nagyon durva. it's mental!
  • 4 0
 They pass two hikers (and is that a dog?) right before a blind corner at 1:53. And there are a lot of blind corners that could have gone terribly wrong at speed.
  • 2 0
 I am watching this for the fifth time and all I can say is that I like it much. I feel almost like watching this one: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZmDhRvvs5Xw, but it is a different story on a bike.

Hey anybody please, what does the rock say at 2:11?
  • 4 0
 Caution Risk of falling rocks Do not stay here.
  • 1 0
 Actually relevant. Thanks.
  • 1 0
 Nice video.
  • 3 1
 Ive ridden some stuff in Utah that has scary exposure (flying monkey comes to mind first), but they seem far more technical/rocky than this trail. When its all techy you are so focused on where your tires are going theres no time to look over the edge. It's when you stop to scope out a line that you realize how scary it is. This trail seems way higher off the ground and a little faster with a lot more time to look around, when he turns his head and looks backward I paniced! I do not like heights.
  • 1 0
 I thinks it's all about this focusing only on controlling the bike to make you not thinking and not falling. I've just watched flying monkey and it's very technical. This one above is less, so I feel they had to speed up to make it hard enough to focus on the trail only. Going slower and by the same making it easier leaves time for the views and that would end bad.
  • 5 0
 Hi, where is this track ??
  • 6 0
 f*ck that
  • 3 0
 This trail is in the south of France and is called Gorges de St Pierre - Haut Verdon : www.sophiaoutdoor.com/2010/07/tres-beau-et-haut-verdon
  • 2 0
 Thanks, I was wondering where it was. It looks like a cool route.
  • 3 0
 Took everyone's advice and watched without sound on and hatebreed playing in the back ground. All I can say is wow and f**k that. Those guys ride it like it's no big deal.
  • 1 0
 Get on a DH bike, turn 90 degrees to the right, then ride Smile

Sick riding though, it would suck to fall..... like this video, ive seen some bad crashes, and this is one of the worst.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVAF9QFcHME
  • 2 0
 That's pretty crazy, I think that's crazier than some of the DH stuff Ive seen. I'd rather attempt to go off a crazy big drop way outside my comfort zone than ride that trial, one mistake and your no doubt, dead!
  • 2 0
 Looks like most of the trails in the San Gabriel Mountain Range in Southern California!! It takes some getting used to at first, but fantastic trail riding if you never fall.
  • 3 0
 This is nothing like the San Gabe's.. The San Gabriel range is 1000x tamer than this shyte.
  • 1 0
 There’s more than a couple spots coming down from Mt. Wilson where if you go over you’re done.
  • 1 0
 Mt Wilson and the entire Gabes is my local backyard, I've been riding them for 15+ years. I dont disagree with the fact taht there are some areas with exposure on the side but nothing as steep and rocky as shown in the video...

The location in the video has exposure that has nothing but a sheer drop and a flat bottom of more rocks and crevices. The San Gabriels have vegetation on the exposure with a more forgiving slope. Believe me, I know from personal experience having fallen over the side of Sunset ridge and being held up by vegetation, with my bike above me...

The San Gabes can be scary but that shyte on the video is just mind numbingly scary, no comparison in my mind
  • 1 0
 Wasn’t there a mechanic from Pasadena Cyclery that blew a corner coming down from Wilson that died? So I’m told by more than one person anyway.
  • 2 0
 Maybe, last I heard someone years ago flew off the side of the ken Burton trail, granted the guy had apparently smoked the ganja before descending - same story?
  • 1 0
 I've been on a bunch of trails that have sections of dangerous exposure, but none of 'em have been that length or that long a drop. Truly humbling. I don't know if I'd be comfortable riding that. There's only a few sections where the trail tread is scary narrow, but it's all so high stakes. The only safe way to check out the view is to come to a complete stop. Sure is nice to ride trails where the worst thing that might happen is broken bones.
  • 1 0
 Like the trail between the Gebeidumpass and the Simplonpass in Switzerland. Great ride. Keep in mind the gopro's fisheye makes that look more dramatic than it is. Still wondering where this one is though.
  • 1 0
 Dropping iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiin (SPLAT)
  • 1 0
 We have in Israel a lot of such trails in the south east of the country, near Death Sea, where the place it looks like The Grand Canyon. U all r welcome to ride with us here! Smile
  • 3 0
 I typically don't get vertigo watching bike videos. This is one exception...
  • 2 0
 We have ourselves a new UCI downhill site. Let's see how fast that trail can be ridden by the pros. Helmets and parachutes required!
  • 2 0
 Nucking Futs! I guess you become like the Mountain Goats and just get used to the edge and the drop that can kill you!?
  • 2 0
 To quote homer Simpson as he falls down the mountain - "This is the worst pain ever!"
  • 2 0
 apart from the obvious death factor and great views the trail is pretty dull xD
  • 1 0
 clearly someone has been able to hide goats inside human shells and assisted this new breed of semi-human-goats in learning how to ride mountain bikes.
  • 1 0
 There’s high risk mountain biking where you can get really hurt and then there’s high risk where you’re dead - no in between. No thanks.
  • 3 0
 Till someone dies....
  • 2 0
 Awesome! anyone know where that is?
  • 1 0
 In France, according to the writing on the sign but I couldn't tell where precisely.
  • 2 0
 merci
  • 1 0
 id like to see more of this vid if it continues the same. If its there ud have to ride it.
  • 2 0
 Would not mind knowing where this is ?
  • 1 0
 Somewhere in France?
I noticed French scribbles sur un placard.
  • 1 0
 I would say so as the guy seem to work for VTOPO (a french company making MTB trail maps: www.vtopo.fr).
  • 2 0
 my dad guesses 'the verdon gorge' which is in south france
  • 2 0
 That's a good guess as the geology seems to match up.
  • 3 0
 That would make sense as he is a geologist haha lol
  • 1 0
 I am pretty sure it's not Verdon. Look to start at high altitude.
Verdon is larger (it's a river) and cliffs are way higher in the narrower section.

Yellow mark at start of trail mean it's not a GR (Grande Randonnée) trail, but probably a minor regionnal trail.
  • 2 0
 That awkward moment when losing grip is no more an option...
  • 3 0
 Huck to flat?
  • 2 1
 Mt. Wilson in Los Angeles has some moments like that and we smash it with DH bikes! Its easy if ya don't look down.
  • 2 0
 They must not have a wife and kid!
  • 1 0
 HUH! At 2:09 my fear of heights really kicked in! Got jelly legs and butterflied just watching. MEGA props to the riders
  • 1 0
 Next thing you know Discovery or history Channel will make a reality show on it..."Death Road Bikers!!!!!"
  • 1 0
 Riding over waterfalls on a sheer rock face,hikers on corners,the bend at 2.08 was obscene,fuck their luck
  • 1 1
 @_@... felt the dizzy from watching this ... yeh... the waterfall crossing and the weird jump later ...
  • 3 2
 that trail needs a safety fence
  • 1 0
 just about the best vid ive seen on here
  • 2 3
 TBH.. Scetch as it is.. Doesn't really scare me.. It's not technical or difficult.. Just high consequence. I'd ride it.. just maybe not that quick.
  • 3 1
 SHIT MY PANTS
  • 1 0
 What a perfect trail for clipless pedals! Haha
  • 1 0
 Whatever you do Don't look down!!!
  • 1 0
 it only takes one single mistake...
  • 1 0
 Promise me that you will never show this vid to your mom!
  • 1 0
 Bit like Jackson's in Moab!
  • 1 0
 If you've been on Jackson's then you've probably been on The Portal. Three people have met their maker on a spot you wouldn't even think about stopping for on a trail without a 400 foot cliff on your left. Exposure like that scares the hell out of me.
  • 1 0
 It's definitely the Rampage of enduro riding.
  • 1 0
 F-that. Tires slip & rocks break free at those speeds
  • 1 0
 ..οταν η αδρεναλιννη σε κανει οτι θελει
  • 1 0
 Thanks for sharing, but FUCK THAT!
  • 1 0
 my palms got sweaty by the end of video, insane trail
  • 1 0
 you`ve got balls of STEEL ! Big Grin
  • 1 0
 Freaks me out just by looking at this video.
  • 1 0
 *goes to garage*
*obsessively checks torque on stem bolts*
  • 1 0
 I can not watch that twice!
  • 1 0
 Nice for them.... A bit much for me!
  • 1 0
 Where is this? I want to ride it!
  • 1 0
 Still undecided between stupid and amazing...Ok I go for both!
  • 1 0
 NOPE! Not ever! Not for any amount of money!
  • 1 0
 Looks like you an the bike will be lost forever..haha
  • 1 0
 Wide bar riders need not apply!
  • 1 0
 i would like to overlay other music and make this vid active
  • 1 0
 Anybody can say where is that location ?
  • 1 0
 It's in France (the sign...), but we don't really know where.
  • 1 0
 @Voxran Could be better if the User could tell us where is it..
  • 1 0
 Fuck dat ! Those guys are gnarly
  • 1 0
 Have bad blood pressure just watching that
  • 1 0
 Looks fun as hell it'd be worth the risk lol where is this?
  • 1 0
 Like an old friend said: they got balls of steel...
  • 1 0
 Damn, that was worse than looking at pictures of spiders.
  • 1 0
 if bender was riding he would jump off thinking "I can make it!"
  • 1 0
 NOPE!!!
  • 1 0
 Amazing!!
  • 1 0
 Ugh...
  • 1 0
 Omg crazy dudes
  • 1 0
 crazy!!!!!
  • 1 0
 NUTS!
  • 1 0
 Fuck that, I will walk.
  • 2 0
 I'll crawl.
  • 1 0
 De la vergaaa!
  • 2 1
 WOW~!
  • 2 1
 good job
  • 1 0
 Too fuckin' cool!!!
  • 1 0
 that was scary!!!!!
  • 1 0
 #GOD DAMN!
  • 1 2
 Great soundtrack.......
  • 3 1
 I would just take my bike and I off one of those cliffs...if I had to hear that song again!
  • 1 1
 SAME VIDEO…PROPER SONG….

vimeo.com/95772264
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