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Marcelo Gutiérrez goes subterranean while he explores a magnificent Colombian sodium my own.

Downhill racer Marcelo Gutiérrez has gone underground in the planning when it comes to brand new UCI MTB World Cup season back his local Colombia.

Gutiérrez took to Zipaquirá, a town near to the capital Bogotá, to drive the trails round the hills here and discovered a range that took him into one of many below-ground sodium mines for which the location is famous. This spectacular range fundamentally finished at a distinctive underground cathedral which was carved to the salt my own interior deep beneath the hills.

Los Angeles Catedral de Sal © Fabio Piva/Red Bull Content Pool

The cathedral. which can be understood locally as La Catedral de Sal, is a majestic little bit of structure and it is certainly one of Columbia’s many recognisable places of interest. It's significant cultural and religious significance in the psyche associated with South United states nation's largely catholic populace.

It was no simple ride for Marcelo. Low air, liquid leakages, high staircases, a variety of ramps and rocky wall-rides paired with minimal reaction times in nearly absolute darkness suggested difficult cycling problems throughout for the current world number six downhill mountain biker.

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