Damien Desbrosses and the Mountain of Hell

I happened across this MetaFilter post about Damien Desbrosses and the Mountain of Hell.

The description of Desbrosses’ perseverence is difficult to comprehend. And the whole video is really something to behold, especially the first few minutes.

It’s an insane number of bikers, and the whole course passes through all manner of terrain. I don’t know that I’ve seen a course like this.

To get a true sense of the scale of things, here’s another video of the start/crash:

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Valparaiso Cerro Abajo: Insane Urban Downhill Race (Helmet Cam)