Huh? What were they meant to do?

​@@justinwatson6932 Someone should climb down while another calls for ambulance... Your choice: Stand there and smile while askin Did you film it?

@@666Flake it is extremely risky to climb down there, resulting in another person falling down that same cliff, so only the ambulance part. Not sure how the medics would get there quickly though. It would probably need some sort of specialized help, like search and rescue maybe. And plus, look at how far Miles fell, it would take forever to safely get down to him without proper climbing gear. The title says cliff for a reason, its not just a really steep hill, its a wall of jagged rock. There is nothing a person could do except call for help in a situation like that. Also, if you'd read the article that was put in the description of the video, they actually did try to climb down, but they kept on dislodging rocks and made it even more dangerous for Miles, who was already climbing back up.

@@justinwatson6932eat a dlck

😂

That has been my defense all along.

Exactly.

I am happy to say that phrase made it way into some of the US Army's training (At least for some period of time) on Operational Risk Management.

Both Eric and I have gotten a bit of shit for that bit of commentary over the years.

@@mountainbikebill Rightly so.

@@mountainbikebill i mean you should have asked if his bike was ok...

Priorities Evidence that you didn’t push him 😁

Sounds cold for sure But it’s in the moment You didn’t push him Falling is a common risk of mountain biking And it’s not like you were going to catch him🤷‍♂️

That totally would'nt of happened if the bike had an auto e-hydro dropper post, extreme modern geo, at least 250mm of travel, ABS dual 300mm rotors bi-quad monoblock calipers, 80mm cranks for clearance, 36er wheels with tripleinserts, gps, an electric no pedal assist boost motor and handlebars with steering assist!

@@kzoomin Hyperbole aside, he'd have rolled through that with any modern trail bike, lol!

@@bigslacker666 Um, no. It’s nice to think that, but good riders on current “progressive” geo bikes still walk that section. My problem wasn’t old-school bike tech. No, my problem was that I checked up when I first saw the fresh trail damage. If I’d just plowed ahead at speed my momentum would have carried me through.

@@stolenc7 Yah, commit or eat shit is true on any bike. But it's way easier to commit with your butt sitting on the seat collar, a 64 degree HTA and 50" wheelbase than on an old school OTB machine. As a DHer that rides black/double black all season I can't see anything other than capability=confidence, but maybe my view is skewed. Still super happy you came out of that relatively well, could have been so much worse!

I've been riding since the 90's as well. Sure, compared to now the tech was crap, but people made due because that's what they knew( I still think V-brakes were really good, and old Marzocchi forks were bomb proof) . I destroyed every frame for years....cranks, wheels, etc., then stuff got stronger, but people were riding crazy stuff then as they are now. Think of Hans Rey, as one example. I was on a super sketchy trail on my 160 travel "super" bike in New Zealand....(big rocks, super narrow with a huge drop like the one in this video, but much steeper), then up comes a dude on a cyclocross bike making it all look a sidewalk. It's the rider not the bike. And not saying that guy couldn't ride a bike.....I would've been freaked on that section(I hate heights with trails like that!). He slowed too much, got hung up and ate it. Could happen to anyone on any current bike

Yeah, pretty sure he cashed in some good points that day.

those bikes are old though!!

I think it would be really hard to replicate the 2004 viral performance. My website got something like 1.4 million hits in about a day.

Just heard it. Like it.

When I was remastering the footage I tried to clean up the audio to make that a bit clearer.

It seemed appropriate at the time.

I was camera man, with an old skool helmet cam.

LOL, for a second I thought you were referring to quantum entanglement. Other than these guys, yes, everything in the universe actually is connected.

Always a solid question

Burp!

This was pre-KZfaq days. It still managed to go viral the old fashioned way. Email and forum websites.

You've seen too many movies lol

I wonder how much shit Eric has taken over the years for that comment.

That question is just to see if your gonna get a response :-)

The only acceptable response to that question is from Marcellus Wallace: "No, man, I'm pretty fuckin' far from okay."

What should he ask in that situation?

So wtf should he have asked him according to you? Do you have the time? Would you like some coffee and cake? Is your sister still a virgin? smh tell us

Thatbisba question where any answer is a good one under the circumstances.

lol

Tis but a scratch!

I did- I climbed back up and rode ten miles back to the vehicles. A month and a half later Bill, Eric (the guy who asked if Bill was filming) and I, along with another friend, raced the 24 Hours in the Old Pueblo and did pretty well.

I have to say, I was super grateful my bike stayed up on the trail. The last thing I needed was metal object beating on me on the way dawn. Also, it was a ten mile ride back to the cars, and hauling a bike back up that cliff would have been very tough. On a related note, I still ride that bike regularly.

Yeah, that would have been more suckier.

​@@stolenc7 O.M.G.

Yes.

Just like almost zero skateboarders wear a helmet ( with the exception of downhill boarders ), because they think they won't look cool wearing a helmet! And even fewer wear elbow pads or knee pads!

Tis but a flesh wound!

It smells like almonds...and that is not good.

That was not on the itenary:-)

or if they had any skill whatsoever. yes, dropper posts help a lot.

This was in 2004 when it was all they had

LOL. I was mountain biking before you were even born.

@@stolenc7 Are you Miles?

@@flimflam3550 Yes.

@@stolenc7 Dude! You need an IMDb page because you're in one of the most watched mountain bike videos. Thank you for your contribution to the world, and I'm glad you survived that fall!

@@flimflam3550 I'm pretty danged glad, too!