"Speedflying"
François Bon and Antoine Montant tackle the North Face of the Eiger in a slightly unorthodox way. They call it "speedflying" but I'm sure there's got to be a better name for it than that. Undoubtedly the most hardcore thing I've seen for a long time.
There's another video here, and according to their website, the helicopter pilot that should have been filming the attempt couldn't follow the pair as they were "too fast". Brilliant.
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Ben Saunders is the youngest person to ski solo to the North Pole and holds the record for the longest solo Arctic journey by a Briton.
Cody McComas wrote:
That is insanity. Hardcore indeed. Thanks for sharing.
November 15 2006 · 9:57 pm
Paul wrote:
My mouth just dried up.
November 16 2006 · 4:40 am
lorbus wrote:
Wow… coolest, hardest, most extreme thing I've ever seen.
Keep going fast!
November 16 2006 · 4:30 pm
Dan Diemer wrote:
that was amazing. it looks so freaking fun.
November 17 2006 · 7:18 am
Bramus! wrote:
Reminds me a bit of the Compaq Pole II Expedition where Alain Hubert and Dixi Dansercoer crossed the northpole, using Parachutes to speed it all up (more info at http://www.antarctica.org/UK/Expe/Pag_hubert/Transarctic_02_UK/pag/expedition.htm - use top navigation).
November 17 2006 · 9:10 am
Richard’s Notes » Blog Archive » Speedflying wrote:
[...] Ben Saunders has posted a link to a Speedflying movie that is mind blowing: two French extreme skiers parasail and ski down various faces of the Eiger in Switzerland, including the famous (and terrifying) north face. There are two video links at the site, watch them both for a taste of what extreme skiing is all about. [...]
November 18 2006 · 2:54 pm
nate.daiger.com » Blog Archive » Speedflying - The craziest helmet-cam video wrote:
[...] Blurb about two frenchmen who ski/parachute down an insane mountian. They call it "speedflying". This video is NUCKING FUTS. I want to call the name ("speedflying"? really?) and the video with reggae backing music lame but I can't because these guys have huge, huge balls. [...]
November 21 2006 · 8:09 pm
Anton wrote:
As a former skydiver, I have to say "Speedflying" makes my hobby look practically geriatric! The only thing near this wild was a friend, Fritz Stamberger, once skied the Maroon Bells here in Aspen, among other insanities that were his staple long before "extreme" became popular. (Fritz was on the first successful tankless ascent of Everest. He has since disappeared mysteriously into the mountains in Nepal.) These guys and Fritz would have made great pals.
November 28 2006 · 3:25 am
Anton wrote:
Corrections:
In 1964 Fritz Stammberger became the man with the highest ski descent to that date when he skied from 24,000 feet on Cho Oyu in Tibet (after making the first oxygenless ascent of that 8,000-meter peak, the seventh highest mountain in the world).
http://www.wildsnow.com/articles/lous_backcountry/9-4/backcountry_IX_4.htm
November 28 2006 · 8:35 pm
Bill (in Washington, DC) wrote:
Incredible! And after watching this several times I felt a certain degree of disdain for my own comparatively "sedated" life.
hmmmm..
December 2 2006 · 8:38 pm
?Speedflying? :: Newstack wrote:
[...] Read more: here [...]
December 7 2006 · 8:57 pm
Insane Ski Video - Travel wrote:
[...] Francois Bon and Antoine Montant, are two pargliding/skiing/flying…heck, I'm not sure what to call it…extreme dudes that made this incredible video from the top of the Eiger peak. This is easily one of the most insane/incredible things I've seen in a while. [...]
August 29 2007 · 2:46 pm