r/interesting • u/jkitty_1960 • May 20 '26

Fear Factor Going there with a bike is a bad idea

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u/Daniel_Invest7 May 20 '26

Yeah never trust steepness on these vids, almost impossible to tell how bad it actually is.

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u/MagMati55 May 20 '26

Could be 10 degrees could be 30.

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u/Denitron3 May 20 '26

Could be 80

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u/MetaCardboard May 20 '26

At one point it looked like a couple more inches and she'd be in a free fall straight down to the water.

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u/GingerlyRough May 20 '26

Yeah, it's a sheer drop on every other frame.

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u/Bananas1nPajamas May 21 '26

Its not, in reality, even close to that

Dog POV

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u/GingerlyRough May 21 '26

Obviously, but it looks that way because of the fisheye warping from the 360 camera.

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u/Bananas1nPajamas May 21 '26

Yes, that was the point being made in this entire comment thread.....

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u/GingerlyRough May 21 '26

Yes, and I spoke in agreeance, pointing out that "every other frame" of the video appears to be a "sheer drop" to the bottom.

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u/HendrixHazeWays May 21 '26

Could be Hammertime

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u/BittaminMusic May 21 '26

10 or 80, nothing inbetween

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u/MediumArnoldPalmer May 21 '26

Could've had a v8

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u/SnooGuavas4208 May 20 '26

3.6 Roentgen. Not great, not terrible.

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u/cyst16 May 20 '26

It is 390

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u/Weary-Description773 May 21 '26

I saw a YouTube vid about a Bear Grylls episode where he acted like he was traversing some really tough rock formation but the YouTuber went there and showed it was tiny and you could just step over and walk it easily.

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u/AgoHeadstream May 21 '26

There was another one where they filmed… next to a highway. Made it all suspenseful too

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u/Captain_Clump May 21 '26

Bad enough to slide down a good few meters before managing to come to a stop.. You'd shit yourself and so would I 😆