We have parking lots around here that run more than 200 feet from high to low.

Try riding 45 - 50 MPH for 20 miles while descending several thousand feet. On a twisty two lane, complete with cars, semis and RVs, many of which are driven by tourists admiring the scenery rather than paying attention to their driving.

Or try riding the lift to the top of a mountain, then deciding whether to ride down a ski run they used in the Olympics, or roll past the Double Black Diamond sign for some more interesting scenery. If you're the rider with the Red Bag, don't bother choosing, just head down the DBD, you're more likely to get a customer down there somewhere.

Whatever you're doing, you can bet that one rider out of the couple of hundred taking the same routes on any good Saturday will have some kind of challenge on the way down. When I've been the Red Bag Guy, I have NEVER made it to the bottom with all of the stuff that was in the bag at the top, and more than once I've been the Ground Contact for CareFlight.

When you come try it, feel free to not wear a helmet -- that's 100% your decision to make. But you will notice that pretty much everyone who's done this more than once or twice is wearing a brain bucket.