Done a bit of skydiving - not that.
Done a bit of rock/ice/alpine climbing - not that
Written cars off in nasty crashes - not that
The downhill mountain bike course at Fort William is 2.6km long with 525m of vertical decent and takes a punter like me about 6 minutes to get down (the pro's do it in 4 min!). Its a rush, such a rush at the finishing line.
The first third is steep, rocky and technical. The second third opens out a little but much caution still required. The bottom third is a lot more flowing with some HUGE jumps if you have the gonads to go for it.
After about the 4th or 5th run of the day you'll have your lines figures out and the time comes to blast the full course in timetrial mode. Hurtling over the finish line in a sweaty mess, unable to see out the mud splattered goggles and generally glad to be alive, I've never felt such an intense adrenaline rush in my llife
