This is the footage from downhill cyclist Rachel Atherton’s helmet-cam as she absolutely tears down a course in Lenzerheide, Switzerland to win her 5th Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) World Championship title. I don’t know how people can even react that fast. There’s no question if that had been me I would have missed the second turn and ended up in the woods wrapped around a tree. And despite what those Ents would have you believe, they’re actually terrible lovers. Plus I think ol’ Treebeard still gave me something even though I took precautions. “You made a condom out of poison ivy.” They looked like maple leaves!

Keep going for the video, it’s intense. Also probably not for anyone who gets motion sickness easily.

Source: Geekologie – Too Intense For Me: Helmet-Cam Footage From A World Championship Downhill Bike Run