Did anyone see Top Gear last night ?

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Did anyone see Top Gear last night ?

That "death" road that they were driving on was just insane to say the least wasn't it :eek: :huh: :shake: :eek:

And the sand dune at the end that they drove down :censored: me :shake:

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Mr Turbo
 
Yeah that would've been a sick trip! I love the fact that May (Maye??) stuck with the mighty Zook all the way to the end without mods... And I reckon that last bit with Hammond was a stunt. His cruiser did look awesome though!

And I'm getting a little over clarkson - you would have thought that he'd have the car he was passing to keep moving while he sat right on the edge of the road/cliff rather than have him moving thus risking sliding off the road and down the cliff.

Other than that it was some good viewing. I probabily got the most out of the altitude sickness where they were always out of breathe! Crazy.

Too many ads channel 9! TOO MANY ADS!!!

Cheers

Bennie
 
Nah I didn't see it, Wasn't it the Botswana Special with 'Oliver'? Given your previous posts, I'm guessing not... Hmm wish I'd seen it now, I thought it was the Botswana Special, which I've already seen.

Regards,

Joel
 
Yeah was a great show. The Hammond getting out of the car was a little too staged but was good to watch the cruiser roll down the hill, very entertaining.
 
El_Freddo said:
I reckon that last bit with Hammond was a stunt.
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I agree with you on that, most definately. :iconwink:

El_Freddo said:
I probabily got the most out of the altitude sickness where they were always out of breathe! Crazy.
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I'm not so convinced on that one. But then again I could be wrong as I wasn't there. :shrug:

I used to do a lot of sky-diving a few years ago at heights close to those (16,500 to 17,000 feet) & I can't remember (nor anyone else that I jumped with) ever feeling any of the effects that they were describing.
I'd be more inclinded to think that their breathing difficulties were more to do with the volcanic gasses that they encounted while they were there (or at least enhanced by)

Anyway, I have to give them credit for what they did, as it was very ballsy indeed. :rock:

Regards
Mr Turbo
 
show was entertaining but I just didn't like how they made out the Bolivians as cocaine pushers. Coca leaves have been part of their traditional culture for centuries. I've drunk the tea and chewed the leaves and it does not get you "high" but does help with the altitude sickness.

I've done the death road on a pushbike, must say it was one of the most fun things I've ever done. Started high on a freezing mountain and 4 hours later you are in a tropical rainforest sweating it out. It was scarier on the way back as we were in a coach and was delayed as some truck had fallen over the cliff and the road was blocked for a few hours until after nightfall.

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Yea i saw it was pritty awsome. Personaly i couldnt do the death road as i have a bad fear of hights and have enough trouble driving curranda and Gillies range
 
lefty said:
I've done the death road on a pushbike, must say it was one of the most fun things I've ever done.
It was scarier on the way back as we were in a coach and was delayed as some truck had fallen over the cliff and the road was blocked for a few hours until after nightfall.
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Doing a push bike cruze there I could handle. :discomonkey:
As for being a passenger on a coach, no way not me. :shake: :rolleyes: :shake: I don't know which would be worse, day or night. At least at night you couldn't see how far it is to the bottom.

Regards
Mr Turbo
 
mr turbo said:
I used to do a lot of sky-diving a few years ago at heights close to those (16,500 to 17,000 feet) & I can't remember (nor anyone else that I jumped with) ever feeling any of the effects that they were describing.
I'd be more inclinded to think that their breathing difficulties were more to do with the volcanic gasses that they encounted while they were there (or at least enhanced by)

Anyway, I have to give them credit for what they did, as it was very ballsy indeed. :rock:

Regards
Mr Turbo
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Walking, running, even driving for any extended period at altitude will certainly take your breath out. Sky diving from those altitudes you have some physical exertion and at most you have what? a minute of freefall tops before you are floating down from an even lower altitude? Even hiking in the Appalachians (3-4k feet at most) you can notice a difference compared to sea level.
 
Hondaslayer said:
Walking, running, even driving for any extended period at altitude will certainly take your breath out. Sky diving from those altitudes you have some physical exertion and at most you have what? a minute of freefall tops before you are floating down from an even lower altitude? Even hiking in the Appalachians (3-4k feet at most) you can notice a difference compared to sea level.
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yep you can't compare skydiving to being at ground level at high altitude for a length of time. Even walking 100m up a street in La Paz (elevation 3600m)with a backpack I felt dizzy and had to stop and rest. The diesel fumes and steep cobblestone streets didn't help though.

Barry I'm the one on the left
 
Hondaslayer said:
Sky diving from those altitudes you have some physical exertion and at most you have what? a minute of freefall tops before you are floating down from an even lower altitude?
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Yes I also agree with what you say here aswell. Approx 50-55secs freefall & open around 4500 feet.
As I also did say ..... "But then again I could be wrong as I wasn't there."

The exertion is a lot more mental than physical though. Not to mention the intense adrenaline rush. Which tends to help in these types of situations.

What I was refering to more was, not the actual jump & freefall, but more to the time that you spend in the plane itself (at those heights unpressurised) with the door open & waiting for the jump alarm (which could be anything up to 10 or 15 mins)

Hope this explanes what I was trying to say a little better.

Regards
Mr Turbo
 
mr turbo said:
Yes I also agree with what you say here aswell. Approx 50-55secs freefall & open around 4500 feet.
As I also did say ..... "But then again I could be wrong as I wasn't there."

The exertion is a lot more mental than physical though. Not to mention the intense adrenaline rush. Which tends to help in these types of situations.

What I was refering to more was, not the actual jump & freefall, but more to the time that you spend in the plane itself (at those heights unpressurised) with the door open & waiting for the jump alarm (which could be anything up to 10 or 15 mins)

Hope this explanes what I was trying to say a little better.

Regards
Mr Turbo
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No worries, did not mean it to sound condescending or anything :ebiggrin:


-Ben
 
Hi Lefty- that's Clarkson being Clarkson. He took the piss out of the Germans- remember when they had the double decker cars and they arrived in Spitfires to remind the Germans who won the war! Or when they had that US special and he said that some of them had started mating with vegetables? Then he had a go at us as being full of rocks and spiders? Nah, he's just taking the piss and that I can handle. What I can't is the obviously stage managed destruction of the Land Cruiser. A bit too obvious I reckon, but then some still think the show is not scripted!

I've heard a little bit about altitude sickness and from that I am quite prepared to believe that part of the show. I wonder if they will do an episode here- as opposed to that far inferior Top Gear Australia?
 
a lot of things on top gear are staged and i'm pretty sure there not trying to pass it off as real. just stupid jokes by stupid people:ebiggrin:
 
eden said:
a lot of things on top gear are staged and i'm pretty sure there not trying to pass it off as real. just stupid jokes by stupid people:ebiggrin:
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I agree with you there. I just watched the episode finally! It was fantastic, one of my favourite specials (just behind the polar adventure). So who's keen on shipping their subies across the pond to drive the same roads?

Regards,

Joel
 
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