I Competed in The World's Most Impossible Hill Climb

This is Stroberg and

the world's most impossible hill climb.

Standing at 110 m tall with practically

vertical inclines. Only three people in

the last 25 years have ever made it to

the top.

Every rider here is an elite motocross

athlete with years of experience, has

tens of thousands of dollars worth of

biking equipment, and eats hills like

these for breakfast. So, if a complete

beginner were to step out into the

unfamiliar world of motocross in a

country where they don't even speak the

language, would they embarrass

themselves in front of 3,000 people? And

would they even make it out alive?

>> You're crazy. You learned nothing. You

learned how to kill yourself.

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>> I think this week I'm in danger.

Basically, this all started when I saw a

video from the Shonberg and the hill

climb team. I have never ridden a dirt

bike before, but something about this

just looks so fun. And seeing people

risk every bone in their body for the

glory of reaching the top of this hill,

you know, just made sense. A challenge

like this also fit perfectly into our

what's next series where I tried

different jobs and experiences. Each

video has a winner and a loser, and the

loser at the end of the year has to do

the worst job imaginable. You better

buckle up cuz there's only three videos

left. The other reason I'm doing this

might have to do with this legend who's

won it three years in a row. But before

we do that,

>> made it to Brussels, Belgium.

>> All right, let's go find Dom. I don't

know where this guy is.

>> Do you know how to ride a bike?

>> Uh, you know, everybody knows how to

ride.

>> I I don't either. So, it's going to be

great.

>> My question is, where do we have to go

now?

>> Uh, the event itself is 4 days

apparently. So, most people camp at the

hill. The camping I'm used to though

usually looks like this. You know,

smalls by the fire, scenic 360 views.

But these Belgians,

I don't know what they're on. I still

didn't want to miss out though. So, this

is our home for the next 4 days. I don't

think I've ever driven on the right side

of the road.

We'll figure it out.

Wow, guys. comment. Great

cinematography Stanley.

>> Oh, wow. Guys, I did it.

>> Okay, so you know how to use a

roundabout on the other side of the

road.

>> Everything's opposite. Everything's

opposite.

>> Before we do the hill climb, there's

three main things that we've got to do.

Take it over. Editing Stanley.

>> So, to enter this competition, we'll

have to get our dirt bikes to Emler by

the 30th of August, which is when they

will do the first runs up the hill.

Before then, we'll need to buy some dirt

bikes, learn to ride them, and absorb

some advice from the legend who's won it

four years in a row. And I guess also

>> learn some French.

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>> In this lesson, you are going to learn

how to introduce yourself in French.

>> Hi there.

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>> Nice to meet you.

Just speak.

>> With our questionable French equipped,

we were on our way to get our first

bike. The only problem was one, we don't

know how to ride bikes, and two, the

only French I know is

>> speak French. Not really English.

>> English little

[Music]

um sorry.

>> Yeah, English is quite good.

The other problem with not understanding

the language is that getting scammed

becomes very easy. So, it was good to

know that the bike ran.

>> Are you okay?

>> You okay?

>> Yes.

>> Okay.

>> No problem.

>> [ __ ]

>> I was stupid.

>> It's okay.

>> You are okay. That's all that matters.

>> So, even though we knew something was

broken, we didn't really know what that

meant. But the competition was in two

days and we had so many other things to

tick off that we kind of didn't really

have a choice. But after giving the

engine a quick once over.

>> Yeah. Yes. Yes.

>> We sealed the deal and well, we had our

first bike.

>> Thank you so much.

>> Good day.

>> I just spent €900 on a bike that someone

crashed and I don't know how to ride.

>> Obviously, I had to back that terrible

financial decision up with a second one.

>> We don't know how to ride a bike. So,

can you just show us how it runs?

Your secret. Your secret.

>> Oh, okay.

>> Okay. Yeah.

>> Turn on. Turn on.

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>> Okay. So, runs.

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>> What does that mean? Say it again.

>> What does it mean? It's mean I'm fat.

>> I've been telling him that.

>> Okay. Now, after securing our second

bike, there was one more thing we needed

to do before we met up with the

threetime champion rule and learned how

to ride them. We needed some safety

gear. Otherwise, we also wouldn't be

allowed to enter. Bro, that's $1,000.

>> How is this still 125? What is this

protecting you from? Luckily for us

though, we did eventually find something

within our budget. We're going to GTA.

>> Welcome to TED 2.

We spent the night next to some horses

and thankfully they didn't steal our

bikes.

>> That's a pile of horse crap.

>> Where are we? Today's agenda was simple.

We'd be learning to ride the bikes we

just bought. And we'd be driving all the

way across Belgium to learn from none

other than the king of the hill himself,

Ro.

Hey, how are you?

>> How you doing?

>> Ru is an absolute G. And while it might

seem like I just met the guy, I've been

speaking to him for the past 2 weeks and

he's helped us with logistics. He's

helped us with entering the competition

and he's just taken so much time out of

his day to help us out. He's a

three-time champion and lives and

breathes motocross. And if we're going

to learn from anyone, this was our man.

>> Hey, son of

a reaction. Reaction. No, I got to be

honest. It's it's you're not going to

make the top of the bike.

>> Oh no.

>> Yeah, that's going to be tough.

>> Within the first 30 seconds of meeting

rule, he's now told us that we don't

have a good chance of making it up this

hill. And even worse,

>> so have you fallen from the top

>> one time? Yeah. And my shoulder was uh

broken.

>> This actually got me more fired up

because I love it when people tell me I

can't do something. And even more so

because the entire reason I'm doing this

in the first place is for real. You see,

this year he can't compete. And that's

because

>> yeah we got in February we were on ski

holiday. Yeah.

>> Middle of the night we get call from my

sister. There was a fire, big fire. It

started with the the camper and it's the

fire start to spring get over to the

house and everything is burned out.

>> The basement, the bikes, the the

complete everything. Only thing what we

had ski clothes and the car for what I

had my car.

>> No, we had nothing. Yeah, it was really

hard. But we are also happy because we I

have one stepdaughter in the dark from

her and we were all safe and we were

>> Yeah. You never know, right?

>> I can't believe like all of that's

happened. Like you're still like such a

happy guy.

>> Yeah. Happy. It's now uh month. It's

from February till now.

>> Half a year ago.

>> Yeah. Six almost 6 months ago.

>> He literally lost everything. And the

hill climb just happened to be on the

day that he was going to start

rebuilding his house. So, when I heard

about this, I wanted to do something to

make sure his streak didn't end, and

that this year he would still make it to

the top. How, you might ask?

>> I printed him out.

>> So, yeah, our plan is to strap him to

our backs, ride him to the top.

That That sounds weird. Take a photo,

and come back afterwards to show him.

So, that way he can say he's made it to

the top four years in a row. He doesn't

know this yet, though, cuz he thinks

we're just there for some advice.

>> Running. We don't know how to ride a

bike.

>> Oh, no.

>> We've never ridden a bike in our life.

>> If you make the call, I give you $1

million.

>> If we don't, I'll give you one.

>> Okay.

>> So, do you never ride with clutch and

and chef gears and your advice?

>> No.

>> Oh [ __ ]

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>> Yeah. Yeah.

This one. This one doesn't have a

kickstand. I'm pretty sure it does. Is

this not the kickstand?

>> No, that's a kickstarter.

>> Oh [ __ ]

>> The first is down and all the rest is

up. So you don't know that.

>> No,

>> now we do.

>> That's just I think

Oh, no. Nothing going to say.

>> So you pull the clutch. Yeah. And you

slowly the same like your foot slowly

the clutch.

You go a little bit easy turning

>> otherwise it's like car like

>> they're going to be champion I think I

think

>> world champion.

>> Yeah.

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Does it? Wait, wait, wait. Does it

actually hurt?

>> No. No. No. You need

>> learning to ride was going to be the

most important part because not only

were we taking on the hill that broke

the rules shoulder, we were also going

to be riding in front of 3,000 people.

So, you really don't want to stall your

bike. Just a little bit more.

Clutch. When you panic, always clutch.

Okay.

[Music]

>> Who do you think is going to do better?

>> I don't like to say this.

>> Just as bad as each other, I think.

>> Yeah, exactly.

Stop stalling, you [ __ ]

>> And after a couple of rounds, it looked

like we were ready.

>> Yeah, you got it.

[Music]

>> I'm sure.

>> Yeah, I think we'll

>> Yeah. Yeah.

>> On top of our plan to get R to the top,

I also wanted to take a Polaroid of us

just in case they wouldn't let me ride

with R strapped to my back. He still had

no idea what our plan is, though, so

he's going to be in for a big surprise.

[Applause]

I mean some big movies

going to be at the top.

>> With our training completed, it was time

to see what we had gotten ourselves

into. I think I'm ready for this.

>> With nerves at an all-time high, things

were just about to go from bad to worse

because our competition is going to be

>> Do you like our bikes?

>> No.

>> That's right. Zach also. Apparently,

he's been riding for 18 years, but

that's all right cuz we've been riding

for 10 minutes.

>> All credit to him because I really

respect it. Genuinely respect it. But

those bikes, I'm not sure they're going

to even make it to the rocks.

>> I think you just hate it.

>> It's It's about the rider.

>> It's about the heart, about the energy,

more passion.

Despite my confidence, I knew the next

48 hours were about to be the most

terrifying, anxietydriven moments of my

life.

>> Oh, it's getting real.

It's getting real. What the is

happening? What is this? What is this?

What the [ __ ] is this?

>> This was for glory, for rule, and to

become one of only a handful of people

that would ever make it to the top.

Energy is high. I'm excited, but I'm

also

very am. And to kick that anxiety off,

it was finally time we saw the hill.

>> It's It's around that corner.

>> We're going to do it for all. All right.

No looking. No looking.

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>> I can make that. I reckon I can make

that. What do you reckon you can make?

>> I reckon like

>> Wait, you see that red guy? like a

singular tire further.

>> Oh, see.

>> Yeah, we've bitten off a bit more than

we can chew, but we thought we'd still

check out the rest of the event. You

know, hopefully take our minds off it a

little bit.

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>> Did it take our minds off things?

>> He's got a tractor.

>> No, it did not.

>> That guy is flat as naked. What is

happening?

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>> Word had somehow also got around that

the Australians were in town and they

thought we were

>> crazy. Sorry, but you're dumb as Why do

you want to drive up this [ __ ] hill?

>> You learned how to ride the bike today?

Because we're going to You learned

nothing. You learned how to kill

yourself.

>> Welcome to race day. Today

is the day. It's the day of the

competition run, people. And we came up

with our plan of attack. First, we need

to learn how to launch our bikes

properly. Then, we need to practice on

the hill before finally recording our

first real run of the competition.

Somehow, these guys had partied through

the entire night. So, the chaos was

still going. But the first thing we

needed to work on was our whole shot.

We only have 10 m before the hill starts

climbing. So, the whole shot is supposed

to get you enough speed before you start

going upwards. For that, our sensei

introduced us to another friend, Stefan.

He is one of the only other people to

ever make it to the top of this hill

climb, so I think he'd be a pretty good

coach.

[Music]

Stefan explained that to master the

whole shot, you really have to lean

forward, release the clutch, and full

throttle at the exact same time. Too

soon on the clutch and you stall.

Too late and you stall.

Lean too far backwards. And

>> how have I hurt myself this badly in the

pits? I should have put pants on.

>> And we headed straight back to the pits.

But this time, something felt different.

Nice.

>> We got it. We got it.

Awesome.

Yes.

We had the whole shot somewhat locked

down, but it was time for the real

challenge.

>> Oh my god.

I think I just watched someone break

their leg.

>> With about 4 hours until we executed the

get rule to the top plan, we got our

first real look at the hill. The

competition run was only open for an

hour and it would be our only chance to

get on the hill before tonight's

competition. All I wanted to do was to

get my bike just before where the rocks

were and then safely get my bike down

because a broken me or a broken bike

would both mean our mission was over.

>> How much more?

>> How much? 30. 30 uh 12

fast.

>> After a couple practice runs, including

Zack Oops on his absolute machine, we

were up next.

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It is up.

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[Applause]

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That's the hard part.

>> That is the hard part.

[ __ ] Yeah. He's like, "We don't know

how to ride bikes. [ __ ] I don't want to

do this. Is there any other option?

>> Please, please. Sorry, Ross."

>> After Washington fullended up the hill

with no regard for the bike or himself,

it got me equally fired up.

>> [ __ ]

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This hill. First time riding. First time

riding. Okay.

>> At this point, I was telling myself

three things. Don't stall. Don't stall.

And don't stall. He got her off.

[Music]

>> Well, at least I didn't stall.

>> Apparently, I've just broken a 24y old

record of not getting past the first 10

m. I completely forgot about everything

we'd learn. As embarrassing as that was,

that wasn't going to stop me from trying

it again

and again.

And again.

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>> Let's go. Let's go. Let's go. Let's get

the [ __ ] out of here.

>> I will

>> get up this hill.

>> At some point, I thought that the bike

might even be messed up, but no. Some

random guy in the audience put that

excuse to rest. and

>> what do you say? Bike is the main issue.

>> No, you can't.

>> Oh, okay. I'll take that.

>> Beat the record.

>> For the shortest run. Yeah, it works.

>> Back to practicing. After getting

absolutely destroyed in the practice

runs, I knew I couldn't let Dom take a

3-1 lead in this series. The punishment

for the loser at the end of the year

isn't going to be pretty, and I refused

to be on the losing end of it. And so

with three hours to go until the first

competition run, I was going to do

everything I could to get up that hill.

>> I'm sorry, bro. His bike's heavy. He

shouldn't be doing that. Oh, someone's a

camera on that guy cuz something bad's

about to happen.

>> But the last thing I expected was for

the competition to start helping me.

That's sapp giving me riding pointers.

>> Ladies and gentlemen, meet Steve.

>> Slowly, let me touch you slowly. Slowly,

you're at the top yet. The engine's

biting. That's it. They start throttling

up.

>> That's nearly right. You roll a bit and

start throttling up.

>> The problem with learning to whole shot

first before learning to actually ride a

bike is that it's like trying to learn

how to run before you can walk. It It

just doesn't work.

>> Yeah. Yeah.

>> Yeah.

No.

>> Yeah.

>> Yes.

You've got a good teacher, mate. You've

got a good teacher. Honestly, that's a

[ __ ] man.

>> You got competition now, bud.

>> You got competition now.

>> We're back in the game. With

qualifications beginning, we would each

have four rounds to try to score the

highest total. And the highest total

would be the winner. But before that, we

heard that Ru had taken half a day off

to come watch.

>> He's the nicest guy. This is for him.

So, let's get him to the top now that I

know how to ride. Okay. And

>> and he was just in time for his

surprise. Do

>> you know how we're going to get you to

the top?

We do it for you.

>> Oh, that's really cool.

>> And we got you.

>> With the spirit of rule crying us, the

competition had begun. Thousands of

people watching and it was only a matter

of time.

As Dom is getting set up for his first

full run, pressure was at an all-time

high.

To make things even worse, this is the

performance here to follow up.

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Holy

[Applause]

>> following that. Oh, that was going to be

tough.

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>> You

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I'm good. I'm good. I'm good. Thank you,

Ben. Thank you. Thank you. No problem.

>> As Dom slowly recovered his bike, I

realized something that was going to

jeopardize the entire mission. Our bikes

weren't nearly half as strong enough.

>> But that was going to have to be a

problem for later because there was no

more time to think. And with rule

watching on in the crowd, the only thing

going through my mind was don't stall.

[Music]

Three,

two,

one.

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Watch your gear. Second.

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And somehow I still managed to

absolutely butcher it.

>> You have finished. And so we decide to

give you this.

>> The worst driver.

>> It had taken a village to get me here,

but I genuinely felt like I let everyone

down.

>> They gave me the worst driver.

>> I'm a disgrace to the man on your back.

>> I know.

>> I'll keep going. Thank you.

>> We'll be okay. At least

>> 40 50 I I want to do at least.

>> I will be. I'm sure it

>> Yeah, I will do. I will. Thank you.

>> Thank you. I'll see you tomorrow. After

watching the footage back that night, I

figured out it was a combination of not

throttling hard enough and releasing the

clutch way too early. The same mistake I

worked so hard to correct had come back

to bite me. But because the event took

place over 2 days, the next day I

returned with a different motive. We've

replaced rule on my back with something

else. My award for the world's worst

driver cuz we tried doing it for rule

but I feel like we let him down. Just

want to make it somewhere up the hill.

60 m is the goal. I kept a little taped

to my chest though because after

everything he' done for us so far,

inviting us into his home, teaching us

how to ride for the first time and

taking a day off of working on his house

to come watch. I really didn't want to

let him down. And it only felt right

that I still kept him on me. You ready?

The worst driver here is going to make

it up that hill no matter what happens.

>> Hello.

>> To win, all Dom had to do was keep his

bike alive for three more runs and he

would easily have the highest total.

After Zach put in the winning run of the

entire competition,

>> it was Dom's turn.

Hey

[Applause]

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son.

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>> Oh [ __ ] What the he was trying to go

sideways. I didn't I didn't think it was

going to go into the wall.

Ah,

>> I tried. I tried.

>> That's brilliant. You've done [ __ ]

brilliant. Let's try it.

>> Yeah,

>> they won't let you ride with us.

>> Yeah, I don't want to ride with that.

>> That's dangerous. You know what that

means?

>> I've got two two more runs to beat you.

>> Good luck, baby.

>> Since Dom's bike is now completely

unridable, I have three runs to beat

Dom's score of 108.8 m. And if I can't

do that, then I lose.

The go that's 5 m longer than yesterday.

>> Go

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two.

Yeah,

yes.

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Oh my god.

>> Next. Better. Better. Thank you.

>> Oh, look.

>> We got a number on there that isn't

zero. Dom's got 108. So, I've got to get

61 to beat him.

>> I had two more attempts in front of a

drunk Belgium crowd not to embarrass

myself and to beat Dom's score of 108.8,

eight, meaning I needed a combined total

of 61.7 m in two runs, meaning there was

no room for error.

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>> Yes. Come on. 522, which means I'm 10

behind Dom. One more run. And with that

attempt, I inched closer and closer.

After all the training and

embarrassment, failing in front of

thousands of strangers, this was a level

of excitement and anxiety I have never

felt in my life. With my bike set up,

there was only one thing left to do.

>> Cheers.

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Good luck, R.

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It's a disgrace to the man on your back.

>> Beat the record.

>> Yes.

>> Shortest run. Yeah. The worst.

>> They gave me the worst driver.

>> The truth is I used to hate failing.

When everyone says you can't do it and

then you prove them right. Well, I hate

that with every single bone in my body.

What I've learned is that even if you're

failing now, that doesn't mean you'll

fail forever. Even if you fail over and

over and over, the only time you'll ever

truly fail is when you give up.

[Applause]

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It might not have been the prettiest

run, but I was just grateful that my

bike had scraped itself to the end. It

definitely would not have lasted another

run.

>> It was a confusing feeling knowing that

we'd let Rule down and that we hadn't

managed to get him to the top. But we'd

overcome so much with the help of so

many people that I couldn't help but be

proud of what we'd done.

>> So, who's doing it?

>> Is it whoever gets the highest or the

overall score?

>> Uh, normally it's always got the overall

>> I'm really honest. Especially if you

ride before, you did pretty good.

Especially 50.

I vlog it. Close it.

>> After everything the rule had been

through, I really just wish we could

have held up his picture at the top.

>> Hey everyone, we're back in Australia

obviously with a couple of scars to show

for it. We did actually end up going to

the top of the hill and our camera guys

got lost and met a guy called My

>> But once they did catch up with me, um,

this happened.

Oh, thank you. I I thought I lost it.

Thank you.

>> We got it up to the top.

>> I don't know how. We must have found it

on the hill somehow. If I didn't come

back up here, I wouldn't have realized.

>> So, if you did enjoy that video, please

consider subscribing. We put a lot of

effort into that one. Um, and I'll see

you guys when we figure out what's next.

All right. See you.

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