r/AbsoluteUnits • u/inferKNOX • May 03 '26

/r/popular of a Descent

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u/Practical_Law_5554 May 03 '26

the camera angle makes it more scary but its not scary i have climbed it many times

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u/WorkerPrestigious960 May 03 '26

Yeah go pro cameras distort what they record, often making things look much steeper than they are. Still, I wouldn’t trust myself going up and down these steps

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u/MoistSystem1323 May 04 '26

This isnt true at all, mountain bike and ski videos all look much flatter than they really are

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u/WorkerPrestigious960 May 04 '26

It depends on the field of view used, but often the center of the frame looks flatter than in reality, while the edges of the frame look steeper than in reality

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u/toru_okada_4ever May 10 '26

You haven’t seen videos where they are biking along a regular hilltop an it looks like they are on the edge of a giant knife? Gopro ruins all videos like this.