Why Kitzbuhel's Hahnenkamm downhill is skiing's most out of control race

Hearts pounding under slim race suits, eyes wide underneath goggles, they edge their skis under the beginning wand and let out one major, last breath. 

Underneath, the hard, frosty track, spread blue by the course markings, plunges away. Somewhere far off, on a sunny morning, the Kitzbuheler Horn punctures the Austrian sky. The old towers and tops of notable Kitzbuhel settle in the valley. 

Be that as it may, these helmeted thrill seekers can just zero in on the initial not many feet of the coaxing course - a sharp right and left turn, and afterward the lip of the scandalous Mausfalle bounce, a lift drop of 60 meters. At the point when they detonate from the entryway, they'll rocket from 0-60mph in around three seconds. 

Kitzbuhel's worshipped downhill, hustled on a winding, tree-lined lace of sheet ice known as the Streif off the Hahnenkamm top above town is ski dashing at its generally crude. 

Wengen's exemplary Lauberhorn downhill may be longer and clock a quicker maximum velocity, however for sheer pedal-to-the-metal wild 'dashing, Kitzbuhel is the one. 

The threat, show and derring-do pulls in huge number of fans for the greatest cow chime banging, schnapps-injected party in the Alps with the Elite routinely headed up by Austrian megastar Arnold Schwarzenegger. Also, this year points the 80th commemoration of the legend race. 

"It's skiing at its best, skiing on the edge, a definitive trial of a ski racer," said 1980 victor Ken Read of Canada, reviewing his brilliance days to CNN while looking back up the course in 2019. 

"The Streif is without question the most testing downhill on the planet." 

Stifle dread 

Dispatching off the Mausfalle, racers are completely dedicated and plunge rapidly towards the Karusell, a tight right hander where powers of 3G are produced on the body. Next up the Steilhang, a smooth, rough, steep divider followed by a tight right-hand exit with two lines of wellbeing nets enticing the individuals who overcook it. 

American Bode Mill operator did once, yet rode the netting on two skis and dashed on. The highlights come rapidly, the names trickling with legend developed throughout the years since the Kitzbuheler Ski Club (KSC) coordinated the principal race in 1931. 

"You have 35 seconds of totally the most exceptional ski dashing you can envision," adds Read. "No other downhill has quite a long, extraordinary period with one thing after another. You have no an ideal opportunity to think, you get it done." 

Austrian incredible Franz Klammer, who dominated the race multiple times, compared it to "hopping into cold water without realizing how to swim." 

The capacity to stifle fear and cover terrible musings is key at Kitzbuhel. Some grasp the test and assault it, others are overpowered by it. 

"My first time I slowed down twice before the Mausefalle," double cross hero Dominik Paris disclosed to CNN's Snow capped Edge. 

Just once you're in a settled fold position on the skimming Bruckenschuss would you be able to take brief stock.