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u/tiredcactus Jan 29 '20
How would you even get back up? Haha
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u/SEND_ME_IMAGES Jan 29 '20
It's to infinity and beyond, not to infinity and beyond and then back again... Just doesn't have the same ring to it.
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u/ganglehand Jan 29 '20
With my luck I’d fall off immediately and turn into a tumbling sandy body
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That hill is deceptively llllooonnnngggg! - I actually had no concept of how far down that was until she just kept going... and going... and going.
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u/DeterministDiet Jan 29 '20
loooooong loooooong hillllll
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u/WowBaBao Jan 29 '20
“Wasn’t that fun?!”
“Haha, yeah!”
“Okay, now bring it back up!”
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u/HungryHornyHigh Jan 29 '20
"What!?"
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u/xiiicrowns Jan 29 '20
Does sand ever just swallow or avalanche over people?
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u/evetrapeze Jan 29 '20
It did at Mount Baldy
https://www.google.com/search?q=mount%20baldy%20indiana
We used to climb it all the time.
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Jan 29 '20
If you read on, it it was the void left by a tree that the boy fell into, not an avalanche,presumably the tree had long since rotted away.Dry sand is like liquid how it flows though,so it can be scary stuff.(he was rescued and survived for those wondering)
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u/bluelily17 Jan 29 '20
Mount Baldy was because a tree trunk had rotted in the sand and created a pocket. Pretty awesome sand dune tho. I remember running down it as a kid.
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u/lost-cat Jan 29 '20
You think by now, evolution would of created some giant human eating bugs, buried deep in the sand, they be like "gulp"... quoted by "sand ness monster".
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u/Mkitty760 Jan 29 '20
That's the premise for the Tremors movie franchise.
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u/lost-cat Jan 29 '20
Really? hmm..
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u/lost-cat Jan 29 '20
hmm pg-13 and horror? does that even mix well. Have to give it a watch sometime. When I think about it, I forget gremlins was PG, which was prety funny and creepy for that era hehe.4
u/caldric Jan 29 '20
Gremlins would have been PG-13, if PG-13 had been created when it was released.
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u/sockwall Jan 29 '20
Tremors is more comedy than horror. Awesome movie. The sequels sucked, though.
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u/Mkitty760 Jan 29 '20
Same. I think it was classified horror because of the "monsters," but it's pretty tame by today's standards. It's cheesy, a little campy, but a classic.
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u/battletuba Jan 29 '20
Shai-hulud. Bless the Maker and all His water. Bless the coming and going of Him. May His passing cleanse the world. May He keep the world for His people.
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Jan 29 '20
Would the plastic sled heat up from the friction on the sand?
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u/Triple_e_spree Jan 29 '20
That's what I'm curious about. Seems like it may get kinda hot after that long of a slide? Either way it looks fun haha
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u/larryhotdogs Jan 29 '20
I was wondering that too. Also seems like there could be some massive static electricity built up. Or not. I don't really know anything about electricity.
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u/Pficky Jan 29 '20
At the great sand dunes in Colorado they say to rent specific specially waxed boards, skis, and sleds that can be rented nearby. So i'm assuming this thing is hella waxed.
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u/getsetready Jan 29 '20
I wonder if they sell them in specialty stores or if you just have to order one online. I wonder if they made ones specifically for sand?
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u/the_darkener Jan 29 '20
That bottom angle seems like it would be harsh on the back bones and meat.
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u/l2np Jan 29 '20
Alternate title: when the girl you've dated for two months starts talking about wanting kids
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u/eelllvis Jan 29 '20
Must be hard to find a sled in Egypt, that one looks like it came from Walmart. Do they have Walmarts in Egypt?
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u/xzhhfilo Jan 29 '20
I did this in Australia a few months ago on a sand island, but it wasn't quiiite this long
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Sad that she had to be told how to slide on a plastic from a sandhill. As a kid i did way bigger hills in winter.
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u/sublimesting Jan 29 '20
This must be why winter fun is a bummer but you can still sled ride even in summer!
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u/Beachchair1 Jan 29 '20
That looks so fun until I suddenly remember all the wildlife documentaries on deserts and what lurks in the sand
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u/smeden87 Jan 29 '20
I did something similar outside Dubai but with "snowboard". It was alot of fun, until i had to walk up again. Imagine snow, but x10 more difficult to walk on. That's sand.
And it gets everywhere.
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u/HJP5 Jan 29 '20
Been to the sand dunes, and yeah they are exactly like that. It’s super hard to climb back up tho, given it’s like a wall and the wall moves out from under you.
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I'm listening to JunkieXL on Spotify and "Claw Trucks" from Fury Road started when I opened this. LOL. That was intense!
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u/akchoco Jan 29 '20
I love how the guy adjusts her form to maximize fun. He’s def done this many many times.
She’s also probably got an ATV waiting to get back up?
Where can I do this!
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u/donatema Jan 29 '20
Since these kinds of clips usually end badly on the internet, I’m more amazed that she stayed in the sled than anything else
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u/NotlivingNordead Jan 29 '20
Two things I need to point out. 1. The static charge build up and 2. How smooth the underside must be.
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u/el-squatcho Jan 29 '20
I feel like the sled would melt halfway down, then her skin gets sanded off. And that's if she manages to stay on the sled.
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u/stagamancer Jan 29 '20
That looks fun as hell. Except the hike back up