Chile: The Longest Descent - Part 2 - 6890m To The Sea | movie | 2020 | Official Trailer - video Dailymotion

How far can you ride a bike downhill? To find out GCN PresenterJames Lowsley-Williams has teamed up with adventurer Mark | dG1fY09CM2VkXzZWcFU

Transcript

00:00 (dramatic music)

00:01 - We only get one shot.

00:02 - We burn our bullets.

00:03 And then after that is now a second attempt.

00:06 (dramatic music)

00:09 - Getting to the top, that's phase one.

00:11 Getting out to the Pacific,

00:12 that's gonna be a huge feat of endurance.

00:14 - I'm starting to cry.

00:17 - Mark Beaumont and James Lowsley-Williams

00:21 want to ride down the world's longest descent.

00:24 300 kilometers from the roof of the Andes

00:28 to the Pacific Ocean.

00:29 - The highest point to the lowest.

00:31 - Hauling their bikes to the summit of Ojos del Salado,

00:35 the world's highest volcano.

00:37 - It's hard carrying that thing up there

00:40 with not much oxygen.

00:41 That wind chill is incredible.

00:42 - Tomorrow, up to 90 kilometers an hour.

00:45 Physically, we'll get this try.

00:47 - The headaches keep coming.

00:49 Out of breath all the time.

00:51 High heart rate.

00:52 - This is gonna get here.

00:53 - You're going into the hardest challenge,

00:55 the worst you've ever felt.

00:57 - He's totally lost the color in his face.

00:59 - He's not looking healthy at all.

01:01 - Basically, I haven't acclimatized.

01:03 - Man, I was running on empty for that last hour.

01:10 - The mountains takes no prisoners.

01:12 - I thought my brain was about to pop.

01:17 (dramatic music)

01:19 (whooshing)

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