A cyclist has released a drone video showing him taking on a virtually vertical rock face on his mountain bike.
Polish-born Michal Kollback visited Sedona, Arizona and after a few days’ consideration, let much of the air out of his tyres for added grip and took on the death-defying feat.
"Conquering this ride was all mental," he told the Huffington Post. "I was confident with my skills and knew I could execute it. The key was to block the out the scary thoughts about the potential danger, so I just focused on the trail and not on the terrifying space around me."
Posting the video to Youtube, he described it to his Instagram followers as "one of the scariest things i have done on a bike."
"I live for thrills like this, and I would have tackled this line whether it was filmed or not," he added.
"The drone was a bonus, and [videographer Marshall Mullen] did a great job capturing the moment. However, it's not for everyone, so I strongly advise inexperienced riders against trying this line."
The 30-year-old daredevil makes one journey across the rock face of the famed White Line before also completing a journey back.

























12 thoughts on “VIDEO: Daredevil lets air out of his tyres to take on near-vertical cliff face in Arizona”
It reminds of the class
It reminds of the class mountain biking “penalty for failure” footage.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZsDjh7oAAP0
#spaceforcycling
#spaceforcycling
I’d need a few white lines to
I’d need a few white lines to do that.
pass me the rubber underwear
pass me the rubber underwear … oh myyyy no …. 🙂
Here’s a clip by another
Here’s a clip by another group of riders giving you what they are looking at :& http://youtu.be/j0joo2DG7BA
When I first saw this pop up
When I first saw this pop up in the news section I thought it meant that he rode DOWN it rather than across!!! Now that would be scary…
Obviously got some balls to do that.
Well, if it had gone badly
Well, if it had gone badly they would only have needed a bucket and couple of sponges to clean up.
Candidate for a Darwin Award.
Candidate for a Darwin Award.
I was looking at the cliff
I was looking at the cliff and expecting some Josh Bender type craziness but that is still pretty scary…
…peace of cake!
…peace of cake!
I don’t really get this.
I don’t really get this. Technical skill required is relatively low but consequences of a mishap are massive. A bit like standing on a guardrail on a clifftop.
I thought he’d be going down it too from the title.
Thank God he was wearing a
Thank God he was wearing a helmet!
In the event of a mishap it would definitely save his life wouldn’t it??????
It would have been so reckless to not wear a crash hat.