Hold on to your tiny little monorail car. Enjoy Don
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Don, I don't know here you come up with these but WOW, I hope anybody who climbs on board has their heath and life insurance caught up.
wow
Unbelievable. How'd they hold on to the camera?
there are a few alpine coasters here in the US. looks like fun, surprised it only goes 26mph. there is one about an hour from the Big E.
Originally Posted by JohnS:
there are a few alpine coasters here in the US. looks like fun, surprised it only goes 26mph
Where? I did the Alpine Slide at Ober Gatlinburg.
The heck with Zip Lines here on the island. Can you imagine going through the jungle here? Don
Having just watched the movie this past week, this reminded me of the Return of the Jedi speeder chase through the woods. To each his own, I guess. I wonder how the rider stays on the seat, since there were some rather sharp curves in the ride. I sure hope that they wear a helmet. Also, I couldn't read any of the yellow, triangular caution signs along the way - I wonder what they said, and what you could do actually about anything that came up if you had to.
Yeah, it is like the old alpine slide in the way it is set up, the only thing about this is the car can't leave the track, with the way the monorail is designed (unless, of course, the thing was engineered to a standard less than someone too big for it, and the metal sheers).......
They had an alpine slide at Action Park, at what is now the Mountain Creek ski area (we used to call the place traction park). Those sleds had brakes on them, but you went down this fiberglass track which was basically a mini half pipe, and you could go flying off the track on a curve if you went too fast, a couple of people were killed on it (as far as I know, the waterpark that is still there dismantled the alpine slide). I wonder how it stops you at the end, hopefully it isn't jump off or die
WOW!!! I had to put the brakes on my chair just watching that. LOL
Rick
WOW simply amazing !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Alex
The Alpine slide at Action Park was one heck of a ride!!!
I suspect there's a gift shop at the bottom that sells underwear. 
Originally Posted by Apple & Spud Line:
Originally Posted by JohnS:
there are a few alpine coasters here in the US. looks like fun, surprised it only goes 26mph
Where? I did the Alpine Slide at Ober Gatlinburg.
Jiminy peak, Hancock Mass.
Don, Gee that was quite a ride!!!!! That sure looks like it has all the ingreadents for a VERY BAD OUTCOME at some point. What a ride zzzzzzzzzzzzzz. Those areas where the trees had been roughly taken out look like an accident waiting to happen. Don thanks for sharing with us.
Originally Posted by zoradt:
Having just watched the movie this past week, this reminded me of the Return of the Jedi speeder chase through the woods. To each his own, I guess. I wonder how the rider stays on the seat, since there were some rather sharp curves in the ride. I sure hope that they wear a helmet. Also, I couldn't read any of the yellow, triangular caution signs along the way - I wonder what they said, and what you could do actually about anything that came up if you had to.
I thought exact thing about Return of the Jedi.
Soooo cool! I would love to try that run!
Pass!!
Boy, some people have all the fun.
HOLY HEART ATTACK!!I think there are a few places he was going at least 36mph.My friend you are very brave man!!Or you are just crazy.Then again you might be both brave and crazy!!
Looks like a one way ticket to the cemetery! But, boy, what a ride out!
This was posted before but you have to watch it just for the speed, distance and turns. Just one thing go wrong and bang!
They had one with track like that in Brenton Woods NH when I was dating my wife 35 years ago. Unlike an alpine slide which if you go too fast you go off the track. ( Not a fun thing to do as you get some bad skin burns as I found out.) You could go as fast as you wanted but it did have brakes. No where as long as the one in Dons post. They also had one at Mt Whittier which was basically a giant pipe that the car sat on top of. When you got to the top of the mountain there was a big straight section which you could gain a lot of speed. Also had brakes. When my youngest son was about 3 we were on the alpine slide at Attitash and a fox jumped in front of the sled. Good thing you could slow down. John
HOLY CRAP!!!...I am with Jerry on this one, hope their is a pair of new under ware at the bottom. Speaking of the bottom....it didn't show how it got stopped or is there just a flat concrete wall at the end!!
Alan
Originally Posted by Popsrr:
Those areas where the trees had been roughly taken out look like an accident waiting to happen. Don thanks for sharing with us.
Popsrr, The rough tree clearing may have been the work of the first few riders. Pat B.
In the early 80's Cascade Mountain Ski Resort in Wisconsin had a similar ride. It was a one man cart captive on an ibeam. You wore a seat belt. My teenage sons could ride it down with no brakes but I always had brake at a couple of the curves. I took a Super 8 Movie riding the entire lenght. I don't have it transfered to video. It was better than any roller coaster.
I looked at a couple other videos of this same run. The "cars" look to be fiberglass with a seat and a seatbelt. There is a brake handle that you can pull back on to stop it or slow down (no helmets either) even though the original filmer did not use it until the bottom. What struck me was that the following distance between individuals was quite close (one video showed one car ramming another even) at high speeds.
Peter
There are two mountain coasters and a alpine slide about 1 hour from my house. Attitash Mt. in Bartlett, NH. Has the Alpine Slide and a Mt. Coaster. Their Mt. Coaster has auto brakes, so if someone in front of you is going slow. You keep getting braked so you won't rear end them. It happened to me. I finnally stopped and let the person get way ahead. But I still caught up with them. 
The other Mt. Coaster is in North Conway, NH at Cranmore Mt. I prefer this track, as they don't have the auto breaks.
