Strong direction, imaginative editing, and eerie production design take Descent even further into nail-biting realms of pure terror.
They knew the hazards – in the case of the men, they were taking the descent for the third and last time that day – and should have adjusted their approach.
He finally cracked, taking the descent into madness into his own hands.
Yesterday he took every descent flat out, noticed that his four companions at the front were uneasy in the greasy conditions and went even harder.
So was Boardman right that the Olympic race organisers made a mistake in requiring the riders to take that descent from the Vista Chinesa last weekend, with its unprotected high kerbstones?
Froome, who had stretched his legs on the final climb of the day to race clear of the main bunch so he could take the descent at his own pace, again finished alongside his main rivals, one second behind Bakelants, to move up to 18th overall.
Making his job more complicated was the fact that he was a Brazilian-born Frenchman of Lebanese descent taking over an insular Japanese icon.
Slovakia's Peter Sagan was in the mix, as ever, and he also showed his class with a cheeky attack and breath-taking descent on the final climb before the finish.
In 2000, a bicyclist on a fast full-moon descent took a fatal fall over the side.
During the difficult descent, Simpson took a fall and broke his leg.
Around 4 15 p.m., a 911 call reported that the men, who the police said appeared to be of Middle Eastern descent, were taking pictures near the bridge.
