Talk about an Adrenaline rush!
Very high geekdom. Strap on a special pair of roller skates, climb to the top of a roller coaster and go go go!!!
The
Daily Mail has more:
What a scream! Adrenaline junkie skates down 860 metre roller coaster... in just 60 seconds
An adrenaline junkie has taken in-line skating to new heights and set a new world record after racing down a roller coaster at speeds of 56mph.
Dirk Auer decided to go where no sane man or woman had gone before and skated down an 860 metre track in just over a minute.
Wearing specially designed in-line skates, the German made the attempt on the Mammoth roller coaster at the Trips Drill theme park in Stuttgart.
A bit more about Mr. Auer:
Mr Auer, from Gross-Gerau near Frankfurt, is considered to be the most extreme in-line skater in the world.
He already holds the world record for reaching speeds of 190mph as he was dragged along behind a Porsche GT2.
More power to him! It would be interesting if they did a blood chemistry after one of these events to see how high his adrenaline level really was...
Posted by DaveH at July 21, 2009 10:04 AM