On Friday 18th June, Gee Atherton was filming near Dinas Mawddwy for his latest big mountain project when he suffered the biggest crash of a career that has been characterised by huge crashes!
The film was to be the 3rd instalment of a series of spectacular edits which kicked off with December’s ‘The Ridgeline’ and continued with ‘The Slateline’. In the planned edit Gee took on a new Ridgeline complete with huge jumps and as ever, zero margin for error.
A moment’s miscalculation led to Gee falling over 100 feet down a slate outcrop, bouncing off the cliff with such force that he broke his femur, radius, ulnar, 6 ribs, his nose and fractured his eye socket, he was severely concussed and doctors worried about possible damage to his lung but true to form Gee is making a rapid recovery without lasting damage.
Spectacular action from one of the world’s toughest and most accomplished riders.
Filmed by Robbie Meade and Dan Griffiths.
Drone Work by Eastwood Media.
Edit and Thumbnail Image by Dan Griffiths.
Huge thanks to the crew, to the paramedics, Aberdyfi Search and Rescue team, the air ambulance who transferred Gee to the hospital and the surgeons at the Royal Stoke University Hospital.
31 Comments
The difference in perspective between the pov clip at the beginning and the clip at 1:01 is insane! It really shows how the camera doesn't do elevation justice sometimes.
And he just stomped it at hardline 2022!
This guy is going be utterly crippled later in life …
Wow. Bravo good sir!
Sacriest crash ive ever seen
True motivation ✅💌
No ac joint separation????
Calculated suicide
Built different. Next year is gonna be big !
Inspirational! How soon after the crash did you start your Physio regime?
Hopefully, the next crash kills this derp, cocksucker. 💪😇👍
Some guys will do anything to get blasted on morphine.
Holy fuck man I saw this in a gore group I’m glad you’re alive and well
You’re so inspiring brother, in so many ways. I hope you never stop riding
Red Bull: "it'll give you wings!!!" 😆
Saw his leg twirl like a helicopter
Humans can recover from so much bro and kinda sucks that he had to get equipment put in but in this case he probably needed it bad
Jajajaja what an idiot
Advertising for his Red Bull sponsored recovery?!?
Vi no Instagram 👀👀
How tf did you not break your back
I got kicked offline is a great way to say you were knocked out lol
This fkng guy man.
Complete, absolute abstraction of the challenge and hardship that is remission and his injuries.
Undeterred, determined. It's like he has to take a weekend off, hearing him speak about it.
This is inspiring.
Need to save this video and watch it everytime some people invite me to downhill biking.
"You have to say: It could have been worse".
What do you say if it is to be worse then?
Me on my way:
What a plank 🥺
“More edits” sounds a bit trivial.
How this is possibile that he not rapture any of ligaments in his body after crush??
I can’t believe you’re going back on the bike though 😢
I hope you are feeling 100% good today
🙏
🎖️ eres un grande Gee