With Husaberg for a new altitude record
With Husaberg for a new altitude record

Video: With Husaberg for a new altitude record

Video: With Husaberg for a new altitude record
Video: Andes Moto Extreme [2012] - Altitude World Record for Motorcycles - by the Husaberg Adventure Team 2024, March
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It is the challenge that you have posed Walter Colebatch, Lukas Matzinger and Barton Churchill: achieve to establish a new Guiness altitude record by motorcycle. They will travel to Chile, where the highest volcano in the world is located, Ojos del Salado, which they will try to crown at the command of three Husaberg FE 570S. To achieve this, they will have to overcome slopes and slopes of ash, snow, ice and loose rocks.

The team, called Andes Moto Extreme, has been planning this trip for over a year and the pilots are training both in the Alps and in the United States. As Burton Churchill has said, altitude will be your worst enemy:

The Effects of Acute Mountain Sickness (AMS) Those referred to by Churchill begin to be noticed from 3,000 meters, and include headaches, nausea, dizziness and sleep disorders. Although the team will take the necessary medications to arrive with an adequate adaptation to the altitude, the plan is to start slowly and descend as soon as the first symptoms appear, to prevent the most serious diseases associated with AMS, such as pulmonary or brain edema.

In addition, the Andes Moto Extreme team has taken into account the material with which they are going to undertake the feat. According to Colebatch:

All three hold that Husaberg FE 570S It is the best motorcycle for this company. Thanks to its lightness (114 kg) and power (60 HP) it is ahead of any other alternative. Of course, all the equipment is specially designed for the occasion: the riders will wear a full waterproof suit, while the bikes will wear specific Golden Tire GT216 tires.

Numerous changes have been made to the equipment to ensure maximum performance and reliability of components from the world's best mountaineering and adventure motorcycle manufacturers, including Trail Tech, Enduro Star, G2 Ergonomics, Blue Ridge Racing, Renazco Racing, Rayz, BulletProof Designs, Profill Filters, CV4 hoses, Highway Dirtbikes, Haan Wheels, Scheffelmeier Metall and BRC among many others.

The team's progress can be followed through its Andes Moto Extreme website and also through its Facebook page.

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