Longest Alpine Coaster (Imst) - no brakes!

This is the World's longest Alpine Coaster (3.535km - approx 2.2 miles) and I rode this just a couple of hours before riding the very scary single pipe Sommerrodelbahn at Mieders - see http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iqCkICXWdWI
The typical ride time is 9 minutes, but without using the brakes until the very end my "brakeman" Darren Hoy and I completed the ride in just 5 minutes (average speed 42.5kph, 26mph).

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• alps

[thelazycomic]

Wow, you have the freedom to use a camera, while actually on the ride? We're forbidden here in the Untied States. NO CAMERAS.

[davidjellis]

@thelazycomic - There are a few exceptions in the US, but not many. Fortunately in mainland Europe they take a more "adult" approach in that people take responsibility for their own health & safety and don't sue anybody because of something they did wrong themselves. Sadly the UK where I live has become just like USA as a result from the "no win no fee" sue anyone culture :-(

[a1whizzy]

Love your video's, next best to actually doing the ride myself (which won't happen anytime soon if at all I am afraid) Thanks so much for recording and posting these rides

[davidjellis]

@a1whizzy - that's very nice of you to say so...pleased you enjoy them!

[bkoloska]

1:31 WHAT THE HELL IS THAT SOUND

[davidjellis]

@bkoloska - that was me getting a little too excited ;-)

[DIECASTER]

WOW, very cool. I have a few questions I hope you can answer.

1. How do they get those cars back up the hill?

2. Are the cable cars for this ride only, or is it for skiing as well?

3. How much do they charge for that ride?

4. What other activities do they have?

If you could answer these questions I would be very grateful to you, thank-you. ^_^

[asaguda]

@d3rf003 I used to make 'then I took an arrow in the knee' jokes like you. Then I took an arrow in the knee.

[ff2paladin]

I actually like this video more than the other one (which oddly has 100x as many views)

[ff2paladin]

Are those carts attached (attachable to the track)? The one that I used in the past was a plastic wheeled cart on a small "half pipe" made of concrete and plastic (it was very possible to fall off the sides at curves). After you get to the bottom, the carts are attached to the bottoms of the lift seats that take people to the top of the mountain.

[ff2paladin]

2 miles in 9 minutes? I certainly hope you could beat that

[madmanric]

we need this in the UK, someone should take this to the Dragons den

[mcwurth]

thanks for the laugh man really awesome ^^ i really needed that laugh lol

[jjjay69]

Dang how long did it take to build this ? Looks so much fun !!

[Splaze001]

@bkoloska It sounds like Angry Birds :D!

[TheDressageFan62]

@DIECASTER

w w w . imster - bergbahnen . at / en / summer / startseite / topics . html

this should answer most of the questions and the cars go back with a lift. and there is a ski area up there