The Deadliest Sports on Earth: Ranked

Downhill Mountain Biking

Evidently, riding uphill isn't much of a problem. Mountain bikers can travel up to 70 miles per hour straight down a mountainside. Roots, rocks, hikers, and other hard-to-miss obstacles could stand in their way, and they wouldn't know until it was too late. Every crash is life-threatening, or at least extremely painful.

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Post originally appeared on Upbeat News.