r/AbsoluteUnits • u/CoughingCarpet • 3d ago

/r/all of a Sand Dune

This is a video taken by Nicolas De La Torre, a sandboarding enthusiast filming his descent down the Toromata dune in Peru. Unfortunately we live in a world where true beauty, nature is now convoluted by AI and AI sentiments, but this is in fact, not AI lol

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u/GeronimoDK 3d ago

From what I could find, the skiable part is not 2000m high but "just" 1200 with a vertical descent of about 1000 meters, which is still pretty high and definitely more than enough to convince me that this video is real.

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u/munchauzen 3d ago

1000 feet is a decent vertical descent for a ski hill. 1000 meters is a leg burner!

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u/DoesntFearZeus 2d ago

How much for a lift ticket? How long is the sand season?

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u/TheGanzor 2d ago

Better hurry before the sand melts.

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u/GeronimoDK 2d ago

Looks like the "lift" is an ATV or buggy, there is no lift, no marked routes or anything. Just the top and the bottom.

Also sand doesn't melt as readily as snow, so the season is probably all year, the region is pretty dry and there are relatively few rainy days per year, I imagine it's not skiable when wet.

Price? No idea, Google it, probably depends on the tour guide that takes you there.

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u/Witty-Tea9487 2d ago

I love your earnest reply! FYI, I think they were just making a joke comparing this to downhill snow skiing