I calculated his average speed for the 1.5 mile course and it was 37.5mph.
1.5 miles in 2:24 = 37.5mph. Pretty fast and I think I remember the announcer this year at Belmont saying he still held the track record.
A horse's top speed is about 55 mph. (and most likely a quarter horse)
A bear's top speed is around 22 mph for a brown bear, 35 mph for a grizzly, with a polar being kinda slow at 19 mph. So, if being pursued by bears,
you should be able to run faster than your buddy.
Here's some alarming info...that black mamba you just stepped on can reach 20 mph.
If you didn't see the video before it was removed, it was the typical driver's view from inside a race truck in central Baja (boojums and cardon
cacti)... a single track dirt road... and he came upon some horses who were running (either already or when they heard the truck approach).
Holly horse crap! DK gets more and more out there by the post!
Hey everyone, don't label David K as an off-roader as he obviously is not. He thinks wide open dirt roads and jeep trails are "single track."
Off-roaders know what they are traveling on. We ride single track which is a narrow trail for one motorcycle (or horse) that a mighty Toyota Tacoma
:roll eyes: wouldn't even fit on so he couldn't get a picture of his tire tracks. Don't be ruffled DK, I have a Tacoma too but sure as heck don't
worship that truck like you do.
Stick to your mission tours and off road beach camping on (your?) island but please spare us the repetitive pictures all the time.
Have fun keeping me involved. I did correct that other post to mean single lane and not single track. However a jeep track is what I meant as I am not
a m/c rider.
Originally posted by Pompano
A horse's top speed is about 55 mph. (and most likely a quarter horse)
A bear's top speed is around 22 mph for a brown bear, 35 mph for a grizzly, with a polar being kinda slow at 19 mph. So, if being pursued by bears,
you should be able to run faster than your buddy.
Here's some alarming info...that black mamba you just stepped on can reach 20 mph.
How far can a bear run say compared to a horse? I know it's important to have a buddy behind me but how far before I can stop to rest and see how he's
doing.
Here's some alarming info...that black mamba you just stepped on can reach 20 mph.
Black mamba will probably be able to just rest. One steps on him, he bites, and person has about two steps to go!
Reminds me of an overseas snake nicknamed 'step 'n a half'...which was supposed to be about how you lived after it bit you.
And....A bear can sprint pretty fast and then you're toast, but cannot last the distance a horse can.
When we lived in Central America we had the fer de lance --- another two step snake who is aggressive and territorial. But we
didn' have any bears to worry about.
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Originally posted by willardguy
I didn't see the video, why was it taken down???
Probably because enough people reported it to SCORE and to the sponsor --- including race participants and fans.
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didn' have any bears to worry about. 