Roller Coaster - OH to be young and stupid again

[Dave (imported)]

>>Roller Coaster - OH to be young and stupid again.

>>If I were 200ish again, I'd do this in a minute.

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/11/2 ... 07686.html

While it's not the world's fastest or highest, this Austrian downhill coaster is nevertheless terrifying, as evidenced by this first-person video of the downhill plunge.

The single-pipe alpine coaster located in Mieders, Austria, is reachable only by taking a suspended cable car to the top of the mountain. Once at the top, riders sit on a small car equipped with a brake lever and zoom down the steep mountainside. But this brave soul decided to show us what it would be like without using the brake lever through the entire ride.

Thill-seekers looking for an even more extreme ride can always give the world's fastest roller coaster a try, which can be found at Ferrari World in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. The Formula Rossa achieves speeds of up to 150 miles per hour by using an "aircraft carrier-like hydraulic launch system" to propel cars along the track.

Can't get enough? Then take a scroll through this slideshow of the World's Scariest Roller Coasters according to Travel + Leisure magazine.

[moi621 (imported)]

a few of those turns look a bit abrupt and unbanked. Hard on the vertebrae, laterally speaking.

It was a unique ride, a real thrill would be some elevated portion. I would also like to see the unit he is riding. And how the seat belts work.

Thanks again for a unique find.

Moi

[Sweetpickle (imported)]

Maybe we can get up a group outing.

Thats as good as luge

[Dave (imported)]

It's long and it looks like fun.

I hadn't thought of luge. Good idea.

Still, one wrong move and every bone in my old body would break.

[Riverwind (imported)]

Oh to be 30 again if just for a day, what a ride one that I would love to have done.

Thanks for the link

River