Originally published at: Enjoy this first-person video of a coaster run in Switzerland | Boing Boing
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That looked wonderfully fun. Fast enough without feeling like it was scary fast, and all that beautiful scenery to enjoy.
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For the modern, busy professional who doesn’t have time for the “10 hour trainride across Switzerland” YT genre…
That’s not a coaster, it’s a Sommerrodelbahn, or alpine slide.
There are two main types: an Alpine coaster or mountain coaster is a type of roller coasterwhere the sled runs on rails and is not able to leave the track, whereas with an Alpine slide the sled simply runs on a smooth concave track usually made of metal, concrete or fiberglass. Both of these types of ride are sometimes denoted with the German name Sommerrodelbahn .
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Why are these otherwise neat videos so often posted with a soundtrack? I just want to hear the sounds of the slide and the surroundings.p, not some swelling strings! And I wonder why they needed so many signs saying “no selfies!”.
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Every time I go on one of thee things I get stuck behind somebody riding the brake the whole way down.
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Too many dropped phones and demands to retrieve same? Plus, maybe they require people to keep both hands on the handle?
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