[anonporridge]

You can also take gondolas to the top of mountains, but people still climb them, putting themselves in unnecessary risk of death for the same views.

There will always be some subset of people willing to do crazy dangerous things when similar safe alternates exist.

And I for one am excited to see the race footage.

[tweedledee]

I've flown FPV drones through forests, it's insane. The reaction speeds needed are crazy. It is almost impossible to last a day without crashing. I'm sure there are lots of fun things to do with it, but Endor style races is not one of them. The people willing to do things that crazy don't last very long.

[anonporridge]

You could say the same thing about free solo climbing.

Yet people still do it (and regularly die) and keep pushing the limits of what we thought was possible.

[tweedledee]

I am aware crazy people do exist. It's a matter of degree and I would suggest that flying this thought a forest Endor style would be far more dangerous than free solo climbing.

[rob74]

It's more or less like wingsuit flying, just faster and with obstacles much closer. So yeah, I would say orders of magnitude more dangerous than free solo climbing...

[leoedin]

Wingsuit flying is pretty well known as a hobby that eventually kills almost everyone who does it. It seems once you start flying as close to rocks as you can for fun there's some sort of skill-risk feedback loop that eventually kills you.

[anonporridge]

And yet, people still do it.

In fact, the sport is growing.