CHILE|THE LONGEST DESCENT
A GCN+ ORIGINAL PRODUCTION
DIRECTED - TOM GRUNDY
SHOT BY - BEN WALTON & TOM GRUNDY
AERIALS - BEN WALTON
PRODUCTION COMPANY - GCN+/PLAY SPORTS NETWORK
OJOS DEL SALADO | 6893M
“What goes up, must come down! Mark Beaumont and James Lowsley-Williams are battling crushing altitude and strong winds to hike their bikes to the peak of the world's highest active volcano, the Ojos del Salado. But this is just the start of their mammoth Chilean challenge! They must also descend 6890 metres over 300 kilometres to the Pacific Ocean in order to ride the world's longest downhill.
Presenter James Lowsley-Williams has teamed up with adventurer Mark Beaumont for a challenge of epic proportions in the high Andes of Chile. Their goal is to scale the highest active volcano in the world, the Ojos del Salado, with bikes strapped to their backs, before riding the longest descent in the world….300 KM to the Pacific coast. With a depleted team, weather delays and pressure from home to return by Christmas, can they conquer the immense challenge ahead of them? It's all downhill from here... right?”
