In just three minutes and during a full solar eclipse, Pedro Burns descended from Villarrica Volcano at full speed to retreat at the very moment the sun was covered by the moon.
On December 14, Chilean enduro athlete Pedro Burns ’career set a new milestone by running against Eclipse and he achieved an incredible backlash in the very moment that the sky of southern Chile completely darkened. .
Astronomical astronomy was accompanied by heavy rain that further challenged this subtle race against time with three-time national star Chilean Enduro and the top 20 in the last Enduro World Series.
The Burns challenge was documented in a 3-minute action piece where you experience the frantic race on a narrow path from the side of the volcano passing through a thick native forest to reach just at the highest point at the eclipse at a ramp on which he played a back flip.
Accompanying the video available on redbull.com is a behind-the-scenes presentation where Burns outlines his main challenge in meeting this challenge: the water.
In addition to the weather, Pedro Burns’ helmet was a novelty in this project. How the action was going to happen in the dark. The Spanish company OneTech Media developed lightweight materials that mix electroluminescent paint and a tiny battery inside the helmet. This provided the light that Burns needed to illuminate in the midst of a complete eclipse.
After completing the challenge, Burns described the difficulties of doing a backflip in the middle of darkness:
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From the beginning I wanted to make a jump, but I never thought we would have so many problems. We arrived and it was wet, the floor did not allow us to reach the required distance and we thought we would not achieve it.
Eventually, along with the team, we decided to give it a try and started digging and removing the first layer of land and succeeded. It really is something that brings a wonderful closure to my year. |