Hit the Hills Try-Athlon: An Actual Bird’s Eye View of Hill Sports

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The Bird's Eye View - Aah, humans – those ground-bound bipeds. I see those guys wanting to fly like us and failing all the time. I used to laugh, now it makes me kinda sad. They’re too heavy; too clumsy; too… wingless. That has to suck. They look way more impressive when they’re sticking to what they know. By which I mean the ground. That stuff some of them get up to in the hill territories, for instance. I mean, if it was all heavy and had their kind of limbs that’s the first thing I’d be working on.

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Like horseback riding. I’ve perched myself on all sorts of creatures, but mostly when they start moving I gotta fly off. Even when it’s the slowest cow in the herd. I just haven’t got the balance, know what I mean? But humans – well – they just stick their legs either side and hold on with those hand parts they have. Boom! They’re riding! Man, those opposable thumbs… Do you know what I could do with my own set of opposable thumbs? Take over the world, that’s what.

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As for that thing they call zorbing – sweet geeses! Put me in a bouncy ball and roll me down a hill? Yes, ma’am! We never get the chance to roll, us bird folk. Well, the turkeys do at Christmas, I guess. But they need a sandwich for that particular move if you know what I’m saying. Right? Turkey roll? Yeah? I’ll say no more. Kind of a sore point with our lot.

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I perched on the saddle of one of those mountain biking rides a couple of months ago. Not when it was on the move, no – didn’t you hear what I said about the cows? Nah, this two-wheeled critter was propped against the wall of a hilltop drinking house. I kept watching while my pal worked the crumbs in the garden. Anyhow, when the lady owner came out, I skedaddled to the nearest roof tile and stayed watching. As she pushed off racing down the track she looked so dang fly I thought she might take off. I’d give it a go but my feet wouldn’t reach the pedals. Plus the whole opposable thumb thing and all.

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Got opposable thumbs and legs that reach pedals? Do what the bird folk can’t and pledge to attempt our Hit The Hills Try-Athlon challenge. Try these 3 hill sport adventures in one day, and share your story on Instagram: And check out another of our try-athlon posts here.