Climbing A Dam In A Land Rover | Top Gear | Series 22 | BBC

[@nv1493]

Guys at the top in full safety gear, the small lad in the Rover ... a lap belt ......

[@reidjordan4545]

They put him in a fucking rocket I think they lost all cares about Hammond a long time ago

[@TimlegoStudios]

the small lad is very good ! probably hsojkll

[@bofflethewaffle]

I'm pretty sure they came to the conclusion that, if things go wrong, no amount of wearable safety gear would help him. So they might as well ditch it.

[@tedsell1455]

Same were i WORK 🔨

[@CaioCamatta]

I just laughed so hard at this 😂😂 thanks

[@ismailjames3781]

Hammond: "I don't get why I'm always the one involved in accidents" Also Hammond:

[@bastardxin3749]

Look at the background on hammonds,it doesn't change since even when he's half way on the dam.

[@etam8099]

@@bastardxin3749 it does change dude look even for the cameras next to Hammond's seat

[@ismailjames3781]

@burteriksson 😘

[@KhaiGK]

@@bastardxin3749 blind

[@sissymarylen15741a]

should be an advertisement for the winch...

[@atismoo168]

sissymarylen15741a A

[@OliverLMinecraftMachine]

@@atismoo168 yep

[@darrinnoble]

So very true.

[@tomlepski8306]

Must've been a WARN Winch.

[@duffman1241]

tom lepski it was a smitty built

[@rxlan09]

anybody else think he was just gonna floor it up the dam instead of being pulled by a winch 🤦🏽‍♀️

[@cos-sin-tan-std-dui-fbi-uti-hi]

Yes... don't ask.

[@animateddepression]

I thought he'd at least attempt to move the rover under self-power before it was too vertical to move without the winch.

[@duringreyowl2588]

That probably would have worked

[@travelerempty]

Isaac Newton : am i a joke ?

[@tanianovembre3467]

Are you guys stupid ? I mean.. really ? You really thought he would do that with only the engine ? Do you even know what gravity, friction, etc, are ? Like.. really? I mean.. REALLY ? You thought that ? I am repeating myself but god damn, how in the world would you think even for a second that it would be only with the engine...

[@onceagain3193]

I love how they did this with zero concern for safety

[@jamesb6820]

How do you mean?

[@krisztian3909]

Once Again Agree If the winch fails, he is dead. There supposed o be a safety tether line attached o the vehicle.

[@jamesb6820]

@@krisztian3909 You don't have a safety tether line if you go Climbing, because the line can take much more weight than you are. In Theatre a piece of set that moves up/down doesn't have a safety line (as well as the hauling line) because they hauling line can take more then the weight of the set. Everything the BBC are using for this is rated to take more weight than it needs to (probably >twice the weight) And therefore is within the safety of the insurers

[@Naspletan]

They have, they just dont show it

[@pedrojuan8050]

It's top gear, sometimes the presenters do something seemingly dangerous but it really is under control.

[@altlo_3209]

200 feet high? That's like 200 Hammonds on top of each other. Wow

[@maxfwhxh]

xD

[@MikhaelAhava]

Not really I think

[@PrettyGoodSamuel]

+Miguel pmpm come on now

[@Moose1776]

actually it would be 35.7 Hammonds on top of each other

[@zaclocke5373]

ha

[@AbsoluteTrash_]

they should have hid a speaker in the rover with him and played a really loud cable snapping sound right at the top of the dam

[@tobos8909]

Sounds like a Clarkson move

[@biggee9266]

+jamiepie123 LOL

[@PermanentHigh]

imagine that rofl

[@mihir2607]

+jamiepie123 where do you get that idea from ? ... like satan added you snapchat ?

[@SuperWatson63]

Should have blasted genesis

[@kymian572]

Kudos to the guy who was tasked with modifying this vehicle. Silent hero of this challenge 😂

[@clockwork9827]

yes. all of them. i wonder how they tested it

[@davidrenton]

@@clockwork9827 they tested it by putting hammond in it, and winching him up the dam

[@wumpis]

Jeremy: Were you killed? Hammond: Sadly yes... But I lived!

[@jaredtweed7826]

Hammond does that a lot

[@cleverusername9369]

So I guess he won't be coming in then?

[@JamaicanCastle]

He lives, he dies, he lives again!

[@scottanno8861]

@@JamaicanCastle What a lovely day!

[@victorymansions]

They must have had to take into consideration double the weight of the Landy because of Hammond's giant balls...

[@thatonec_set3730]

Is that a reference I see? lol

[@squidgelad1983]

@@thatonec_set3730 It is a reference to Hammond's giant balls

[@piotrnapora5810]

@@thatonec_set3730 It's a reference to Hammon's cojones

[@LynxenX]

"lets dip the tires in water so they are soaking wet on algae covered stones before he starts"

[@ttss5726]

Cause it matters when the vehicle wasn’t even on the winch was doing the pulling it’s not like the tires helped you half wit

[@designator7402]

yeah, the tyres really don't matter for this, could have used smooth rubber coated in oil and it would have worked just fine.

[@shubhayubasu7695]

Sometimes I envy them because of the amount of fun they have doing their jobs... This is not one of those times.

[@Brian-qg2qw]

Im still amazed the top gear/grand tour trio didn't end like a decade ago because someone died making a episode.

[@welkingunther5417]

@@Brian-qg2qw I swear, it's almost like Hammond has real life plot armor

[@LXW-Arts]

I would sweating bullets doing this

[@hellohellohello6847]

To be fair, that took balls!!

[@onetrackmind3558]

Oh yeah

[@intellectualindian2486]

For what?

[@HarryLenz]

are u guys blind? lel. he isnt in the car when its pulled up.. just look at the background when he is talking. there is always the same stairs from the same distance. if he would have been in the car while going up the background would change

[@domonkosludvig3314]

@@HarryLenz Stairs for giants.

[@DD-uu2gz]

HarryLenz You’re the blind one lmao 6:40 6:57 haters always gonna say everythings scripted 😂

[@philipbyrnes7501]

If nothing it shows how unbelievably brave Richard Hammond is. That took guts that few people anywhere have! Well done mate, amazing courage

[@HarryLenz]

are u guys blind? lel. he isnt in the car when its pulled up.. just look at the background when he is talking. there is always the same stairs from the same distance. if he would have been in the car while going up the background would change

[@Aerroon]

@@HarryLenz You mean shots like the one at 6:14?

[@HarryLenz]

@@Aerroon yes that shot is from higher but its from the back of the car without hammond in the picture. so i still dont know what u are talking about. just look at all the shots where the camera films him and u see the background. always the same distance..

[@zacmorris3932]

@@HarryLenz he actually did this what are you on about you can cery clearly see at 6:13 hes nearly at the top with him in view, are you just really stupid?

[@Darkstar.....]

Yet how was he treated at the end.

[@BlitzBodyBeats]

Richard: drives up 80° angle on a dam Mountain goats be like: *so you would like to admit defeat against me*

[@lolbosss]

Spiders on a 180⁰ angle:

[@savagex466-qt1io]

Ya thats lil guys can go almost anywere they like the dams because certain rocks or bricks have salt in them I think. Thats why the run up there to get a lick of salt lol

[@dy8576]

@@lolbosss *90

[@animateddepression]

I would pay to see him do this, while mountain goats casually hop past him.

[@clueless6763]

the goats: look at what they most do to mommy's a fraction of our power

[@YouGotPropofol]

The point of failure would not be the steel cable, it would be the winch mounting being torn off the car's frame, or a failure in the anchor at the top where they fastened it to the brick dam.

[@lew3813]

No

[@theregalproletariat]

​@@lew3813Why not?

[@arpitshivhare217]

Ok

[@magsearnshaw9126]

“This is ok so far” *literally only a metre off the ground*

[@obamareloadsyt629]

Mags Earnshaw that’s what “so far” means idiot

[@freyjarichardson1519]

@@obamareloadsyt629 I think they were implying that the phrase is something you would usually say a bit further up

[@valt4990]

Top Gear was the best tv show in 2000's

[@grandpa_6.7]

By far dude!!!!!

[@apg_kevinslm6345]

Climbing and being pulled by something are two different things

[@donosudono1597]

kevinslm the winch is part of the car so the car was pulling itself to the top of the dam. Climbing means “pulling owns body to a higher places”. Better star reading before posting dumbass comment

[@agolf_witler]

@@donosudono1597 I literally lost brain cells reading your comment. Kevinslm is completely correct.

[@elmokelmu]

@@donosudono1597 Go check your tumor its gotten worse, dono.

[@reidjordan4545]

I mean, if the engine was still on I guess but it’s doesn’t really count if the winch is pulling because that doesn’t rlly count

[@daveo2992]

@@donosudono1597 Exactly

[@radexmaster9633]

Hammond: I FINALLY ARRIVED AT THE TOP! Production: ...we forgot to record...

[@pati1713]

film him going down and play it in reverse Big brain time XD

[@penguincamp]

How does Hammond even get talked into these things?

[@SuperKiko112]

Penguincamp money

[@gregorycampbell3004]

Penguincamp probably Jeremy said your job gets given to someone else if u don't do this

[@mangalsingh9205]

Nice

[@TheHutchy01]

"What are the odds of you having two near fatal accidents?"

[@RayOLight]

£1m

[@JoeySplat5]

Damm! You can actualy see the fear in his eyes

[@mikethebike2463]

Yes, but he has faced his fear. I think, Hammond really got balls

[@ralanham76]

DAM IT

[@HarryLenz]

are u guys blind? lel. he isnt in the car when its pulled up.. just look at the background when he is talking. there is always the same stairs from the same distance. if he would have been in the car while going up the background would change

[@domonkosludvig3314]

@@HarryLenz Lel, are you blind harry? Those are not stairs. This one sentence broke your comment. That is real fear in his eyes!

[@HarryLenz]

@@domonkosludvig3314 sure bro.. since u belive everyithing do u still put out cookies and milk for santa too? lmfao

[@ABeaverProductions]

well damn

[@wodstalker2819]

+A Beaver Was really better before... I dont really understand why did they want to do that !!

[@MikhaelAhava]

+WoD STALKER do what? The climbing of dam?if it's that,maybe for entertainment

[@wodstalker2819]

Miguel pmpm They killed Top Gear...

[@lankey6969]

+A Beaver Is it a God damn?

[@timomastosalo]

+A Beaver no, well dam

[@thenotflatearth2714]

I like to imagine this is a scene from a zombie movie where the protagonists are trying to escape by driving up the dam and the horde slowly piles their way up towards the rover

[@viczvapo]

Good one,

[@groundedgaming]

Zombies would push the Rover up? (Hopefully the rear isn't open)

[@mindlessgonzo]

I wanna hear this uncensored. XD

[@mindlessgonzo]

Henris Ivaskevicius I mean the whole thing, like no cuts, just the whole ride up.

[@justinthelightguy1936]

Hey gmod chaser

[@mxims97]

+mindlessgonzo Its on Netflix - you can hear Hammond say the F word like 3 times

[@D4rkTooga]

+mindlessgonzo Sexy anthro ponies.

[@rebekadunn]

+mxims97 which countries netflix? netflix australia doesn't even have this season and the few seasons that they have are 10 min shorter and censored :(

[@sheikhu1039]

Imagine the back engine just fell out 😂

[@TampaSupastar22]

🤣

[@kymian572]

😂 his heart would follow it 😂

[@crackheadspeeddevil7247]

Doesn't matter

[@tomleonard5801]

I would be pissing myself in pure fear in Hammond's position

[@rickyspanish7851]

yea same lool

[@tjroberts7788]

same

[@charlieextra9406]

WOW! BBC and TOP Gear (or their insurance company) are very brave letting Hammond be winched up that dam. Mythbusters' insurance would never let them risk Jaime or Adam on a stunt like that.

[@mykolas1982]

Charlie Extra Adam Savage

[@bentennyson2398]

I live in the nearby town of Rhayader, so I know just how steep those dams are. Very very brave guy, I would never do that.

[@noelvizcarra8185]

They should rename this “climbing a dam with a winch”

[@tommychappell6359]

Winches have their faults.. like that winch could have easily ripped out from his car.. with the weight of it being pulled.. I've seen it on one of the other Top Gear Episodes where they attempt to winch another car out and it broke.. I would have passed that challenge and said no too dangerous.. and bit foolish as well.. the winch at the top yes they had crew.. but again whatever was keeping it up was under strain/tension too. worried about chord breaking.. on top of the winch detaching itself from the car.. it's not as simple as just winching a chord to a car.. there's always things, unknown things that can go wrong.. e.g. both engines cutting out..

[@Howiedewitt123]

There’s no way you could do that normally and live 😂

[@marcosnunez5873]

Who else thought it was gonna be a video of this car driving up the dam with no help??

[@738polarbear]

Marcos Nunez only an idiot . How can a car DRIVE. Vertically?

[@apassionatenerd.3564]

Not me, because I'm not retarded

[@Free-j3t]

A Compelled Passionate Rationalist. You made my day 😂😂😂

[@Lt.Dan_23]

Don’t worry bout it bro I thought the same thing 😹

[@odys3803]

I did, until I saw the dam.

[@zachariahahmad]

I thought he's going to drive it all the way to the top without using the cable.

[@Arularasu1983]

+brendan sullivan me too

[@zachariahahmad]

That was disappointing

[@mz6918]

ME TOO

[@grumotey]

too me

[@gauravsolanki4794]

Is that even possible?

[@killshot13000]

How was his balls of steel not weighing him down?

[@nomoneyfromme5862]

+Take1 Films because of the shitload of money he gets

[@undeaddread]

+Vykintas Kazdailis go to the dam & check it out for yourself, Valdimir klishnoklav 64mm

[@matthansen758]

+Take1 Films Well hamsters do have hairy balls ;)

[@spencerbeck3615]

+Take1 Films Because of how over used that is

[@matthansen758]

saheyo champney Well if you watched the show you would know that it does ;)

[@66LordLoss66]

I just took a trip to Claerwen Dam and I thought I recognised it from somewhere. I must have watched this video years ago and yet I could easily identify that dam as 'the one Richard Hammond winched up on.'

[@EngineeringNS]

what's the point if its not driving? of course you can tow a car just about anywhere!

[@MrSpookylukey]

It's based on an advert/commercial Land Rover did with a 90. However in the advert the winch was on top of the dam. So as a farewell to Land Rover they replicated it with a series 1 Land Rover but with the winch actually on the vehicle.

[@totallywinningprogamer9860]

It's the spirit of the challenge that mattered.

[@EngineeringNS]

MrSpookylukey Lol was the advert for the wench or the land rover? How does towing a car that is meant to 'go anywhere' show its good points?

[@EngineeringNS]

All The commercial did was show what the car cannot do.

[@MrSpookylukey]

+Kris S for starters it's winching not towing. Winching is a means of self recovery towing is another vehicle moving your vehicle. I'm assuming you are unfamiliar with the concept of off-roading? Yes you can do this with any true 4wd not an SUV, but any 4x4 with a decent approach angle and departure angle will do it. However no Audi or BMW or normal car will do it. For starters a winch cannot be fitted to either of those vehicles, those cars will rip themselves to bits by over exceeding the approach and departure angles. And lastly and I cannot stress this enough it was an advert. Do you complain every time you see a Saab and it doesn't turn into a jet fighter? It was a send off for Land Rover because Land Rover made the advert.

[@ethandemarco4231]

I love this damn show....

[@Boosted1981]

+Ethan DeMarco *loved

[@august822]

+Ethan DeMarco I love this DAM show xD

[@august822]

+Ethan DeMarco I'm sorry

[@ripz_kingz6598]

*Loved, just like the rest of us...

[@17shots74]

it's a damn shame that its discontinued:/

[@jakobholland184]

For anyone that doesn't like how they didn't actually drive up the dam, it wasn't about trying to drive, it was about using the vehicle's built in winch to climb, as it would if it had been a hill.

[@DanielWilliamIronside]

At first I was disappointed they didn't drive up the dam, but after re-reading the title, they didn't actually say they would be.

[@Lappmogel]

''it was about using the vehicle's built in winch to climb'' but they didn't do that either, they used some hydraulic setup from Rotec, a company that didn't even exist when they made that car.

[@hoonyfan2924]

Jakob Holland, no it wasn’t. That’s not a factory winch and, it didn’t even run under the load of the engine. It ran under a secondary engine in the rear that tilted with angle of the incline. That’s just stupid.

[@ChimeraAZ]

The built in winch wasnt able to pull this off.It was too short on cable.It too was modified.They needed a bigger one to have enough cable to get him to the top. He even says it in the beginning.

[@oscarlavista7677]

Thanks for clearing that up Sherlock.

[@navacrow95]

I love how at the end the studio audience is laughing in audio but in the video they're not even laughing lol 😆

[@abdimalikzardheye6623]

😂😂😂😂🤣

[@retardedf2p110]

Lmao it's the bbc what do you expect😂

[@vikasjsheth]

Theoretically, any car can do this with a winch...so, what's the big deal?

[@billyjackphillips132]

balls

[@jayceharry8975]

wow

[@sentorlord2741]

The big deal is the "Theoretically" part.

[@Howdidithappen1991]

Vikas Sheth you must be fun at parties

[@justinlockaby1485]

Sentor Lord for

[@theatomicscotsman1624]

“All we had to do was follow the damn damn CJ !”

[@hitchy0755]

Or JC bit ok

[@obamareloadsyt629]

It’s not *damn* it’s *dam*

[@theatomicscotsman1624]

Austin cartel it is damn

[@WildTheFemboy]

THE ATOMIC SCOTSMAN He means it’s “Damn dam”

[@theatomicscotsman1624]

Hideri Kanzaki ok your right thx for telling me

[@robertheller4583]

*Laughs in H1* *Laughs in Jeep* *Laughs in Dam Goat*

[@Noname-gh3sq]

A year ago

[@Bluefire397]

Neither a jeep nor a hummer can drive up a dam lol

[@swegmastur614]

@@Bluefire397 and a goat certainly can't drive either lol

[@this_too_shaII_pass]

Hahaha he could have at least worn a helmet xD

[@MikhaelAhava]

Yeah and the others did

[@tobos8909]

Because a helmet would help tumbling down a 62 metre, vertical, rough surface in a 64 year old aluminium car with no roll cage

[@kordarron3501]

get science'd son

[@BradTheThird]

A helmet wouldn't of helped him survive a fall like that... He should of been wearing a High Visibility Jacket.

[@this_too_shaII_pass]

Tony O'Neill Yeah okay that's true I guess

[@smsmurni]

TOP GEAR LOGIC : Producer and crew wearing protective gear While, the driver in the Land Rover not wearing even helmet 💁🏽‍♂️

[@loadingprogress5751]

Don't think a helmet is gonna do anything if that cables snaps half way up a dam

[@JetFalcon710]

@@loadingprogress5751 Yeah, best it'd do is keep Hammond's brains mostly in one place

[@AdrianGonzalez-lw6eg]

smh my GTA character does this shit in a daily basis

[@thekingofsuccess9130]

Lol. do this with the osiris in 2 seconds 😂

[@LAMBO-bh6oz]

Adrian Gonzalez same

[@LAMBO-bh6oz]

bloodshaker12 lol

[@xmissmilkywayx1887]

Adrian Gonzalez that's because its a game go try that shit in real life I dare you 😈

[@mueez734]

It's just a game when they crash and fall they come back to life and tpif that shit happen in real he wouldn't come back to life 😂

[@gonzayare]

This is by far the riskier situation ever on this show. If the winch fails everything is over.

[@Grintock]

Which is why it's faked lol

[@evanism3178]

@@Grintock how is it faked you can literally see the one winch

[@anakinsandwalker6382]

The climb begins at 2:20

[@cocacolad7671]

god bless you

[@oliverwilson8435]

Mynameislong Sameformylastname thx bae

[@064razor]

I'll drink you

[@jcstacruz6121]

Mynameislong Sameformylastname thank you

[@kaiskitchen9822]

towing*

[@yasharmj1717]

So the produces standing on top of the dam wear helmets, but not the driver exposed to a possible lethal fall? Wow god thats stupid.

[@yasharmj1717]

jbmp1390​ yes im sure of all that, but it was funny producers standing on the dam wearing helmets, but hammond not. Maybe it was scripted after all

[@yasharmj1717]

***** oh I believe you

[@7531PETER]

Exactly, and if the wire snaps, it could take several heads with it...

[@7531PETER]

Hahaha savage... ...but true xP jk

[@thomas_nl_]

Yashar MJ I don't think a helmet would've helpen much

[@fozzythemexican]

He truly is a brave man, no helmet or nothing. lol

[@prabhatkiran7415]

no amount of helmet will save him so why bother?

[@Aren-1997]

Pretty sure this was faked, if you look at the shots when hes in the car it doest even look like it was 10M of the ground.

[@ibrahimmgeni196]

But 6:40 looks so real

[@knightfox1461]

Yeah, cuz a helmet sure is gonna help you from cracking your head against the buttom of a dam after a fall

[@SkyJUSTIN6]

Ya reckon the wouldnt have second cable so he wouldnt die?

[@LeeEwing02]

Does anyone notice that in all the shots of him talking, he was low to the ground and holding the steering wheel with only one hand, while all the far away shots show a person not moving and holding the steering wheel with two hands?

[@Grintock]

You didn't think they seriously would put Hammond in the car going up, right? Top Gear is always pretend. They won law cases by pointing out nobody would believe they were a serious car show

[@thomasbrennan1881]

i was really hoping he would have just driven up it, no winch

[@Tayoooomy]

lool me too!!!

[@mannamedbanjo]

Thomas Brennan lol physics does not approve

[@carlamedina5502]

Lol same here

[@marssteenwyk9944]

Thomas Brennan he would definitely die

[@bikram1572]

Scott Pratt yeah that is why he did not hit the gas 🙂

[@supaflylob]

top gear, the worlds greatest land rover commercial

[@Acc0rd79]

Its too damn bad there will never be another show from these guys:(

[@pbfloyd13]

They're making a show for Amazon you big drama queen.

[@Acc0rd79]

pbfloyd13 no shit, I meant on Top Gear...DAMN!

[@pbfloyd13]

Acc0rd79 We're getting Chis Harris, Sabin Schmidt, & Chis Evans, screw those guys.

[@Vakito227]

+pbfloyd13 You'll grow to like them. Would you believe me if I told you that people initially disliked Jeremy and Richard when they shifted to the new format back in 2002?

[@pbfloyd13]

Pope-Eye I meant screw Clarkson Hammond & May. If I wanted to watch three middle aged idiots screw around I'd watch the three stooges.

[@akashnag3879]

Deep sea divers: we have the most dangerous job in the world. Top gear presenters: hold my engine oil.

[@poisonpotato1]

He had less safety gear than a guy in a roller coaster

[@JetFalcon710]

To be fair, no amount of safety gear would have stopped Hammond from tumbling down the dam in the event that the cable snapped. The only thing a helmet would really do is keep his brains in one place

[@purpleneons]

That was damn good.

[@Chubs.]

that's what she sed

[@michaelderkacz5526]

+No Name You spelt dam wrong, good meme tho.

[@michaelderkacz5526]

Vadim Viehoff Says the guy with an alienware logo as his profile pic.

[@Chris_Troxler]

I suddenly have an urge to watch "The Gods Must Be Crazy."

[@bedlin40]

this is moment when our 3 legends got replaced we dont know why but we kniw this was their last top gear episode

[@DARKLORD-mi6et]

Imagine if they forgot to record 😂

[@UnboxTheWorldASMR]

This video gave me tingles.

[@UnboxTheWorldASMR]

Lots of them.

[@glojonny6792]

+UnboxTheWorld ASMR Same

[@isaktibbling215]

+UnboxTheWorld ASMR did you.. did you just comment on your own comment?

[@whisperfyasmr]

+UnboxTheWorld ASMR Lyfe

[@douglasmacarthur3629]

Captain Slow would've been PERFECT for this 😂👌

[@bartlettbigx]

If Clarkson was doing this he'd probably say "Poo is coming out!"

[@storphstorph8064]

"I'll have to steer between these rocks that stick out! I have to read the surface!" *stares at the Rover's hood*

[@lawrencegoralski3029]

if you say "i expected him to deive up, without a winch" have you taken any science classes in your entire life?

[@sebastiaandewit159]

Speed is everything.

[@ieuanhunt552]

@@sebastiaandewit159 I have a mental image of Jeremy shouting "Speeeeeeeed" and crashing head on into the dam.

[@WarrenGarabrandt]

@@sebastiaandewit159 Actually, the normal force is what's most important here. The steeper you try to climb, the less grip your tires have simply because a smaller amount of force is holding the tire onto the surface you are driving on. If you go too steep, the tires lose all grip and you fall down. As for the stunt cars that do loop-de-loops, those are specially shaped ramps to maintain a minimum amount of normal force based on the centrifugal force created by the car changing direction (upward in this case).

[@Ms123kill]

high speed and with enough downforce you could theoretically do it. That being said that’s highly unlikely. However, doing it with wench has nothing to do with rover, you might as well attach a cart to the wench and you ll have the same results

[@alishamoss6410]

still trying to cash in on the best host you ever had huh

[@pbfloyd13]

You know what you're right. In fact they should remove every single video with these three in it from the Internet. That way they're not making any ad revenue off of the the guy who assaulted a coworker...

[@JasonDrums24]

+Alisha Moss You think YT money actually means anything to BBC?

[@mrmolamola6163]

+Jason86906 soda money...

[@AnonymousUser77254]

+pbfloyd13 Clarkson was entertaining; he was never meant to be a baseline for morality.

[@colonelsanders1349]

+pbfloyd13 A lazy prick of a co-worker

[@michaelfarmer537]

Gotta admit, I was a bit disappointed when I realized the winch was carrying the truck… but hey physics and stuff.

[@BatBrakesBones]

5:02 haha! he's trying to provide facts while shitting his pants. This was really funny.

[@ronmelys2854]

i have a fear of heights and almost passed out watching this. Hammond you are the man!!!

[@Psychlist1972]

I like how everyone else has a helmet and safety gear. I guess they knew it wouldn't matter for Hammond. I *am* curious what safety stuff they had in place that we couldn't see. Extra cable?

[@the_retag]

They would have to have edited it out

[@MyNotSoHumbleOpinion]

What kind of safety equipment you need when you are in a elevator? There's nothing dangerous here.

[@Psychlist1972]

@@MyNotSoHumbleOpinion elevators have a ton of safety gear in their design (more cables than needed, runaway brakes, etc.)

[@JamaicanCastle]

The cable is multi-stranded. If one strand had snapped, or even come close, they would've stopped winching and brought in a crane or helicopter or something to extract it.

[@hudiscool4186]

Every time im watching these episodes i always share a tear for the STIG

[@masherco]

That dam is an amazing feat of human engineering

[@ethanfrancis4527]

Not as amazing as the land rover

[@CR3471VE]

What does this have to do with the Land Rover?! You could hook a fiat 500 on a winch and have that one pulled up just as well....sorry but thats boring.

[@Plagu3Marine7]

And risk his life for nothing

[@Sparx632]

It's about the advert he kept referencing, I assume they drove a Landrover up a dam in that and so Top Gear did the same.

[@iainrickwood2623]

+3XX0N Watch the episode before you post something like that +Sparx632 the advert showed a rover pulling itself up a dam with its own winch, yet in reality they pulled it up with a winch attached to the dam out of shot of the camera. Here hamster's doing what they didn't, pulling himself up on his own winch

[@Engineer9736]

Thanks for typing what i wanted to say ;-) They could have attached a seat and that winch to a concrete block and achieved the same thing.

[@geonerd]

+iain rickwood It's still an arbitrary and pointless exercise in Dramatical TeeVee production. :/

[@zygis881]

Guys this is Fake af 4:15 he is saying that he is very scared but if you look through the window he is clearly on the ground xD

[@zygis881]

+First name Last name Why ?

[@Vryx43]

+First name Last name nope hes one of the "fake and gay nazis.

[@mcrofty1501]

no, no he's not

[@kash2371]

+PiNKiS Good job by removing my comment

[@zygis881]

First name Last name I didn't remove your comment. Really

[@daf.agung206]

Best series of Top Gear 👍👍👍

[@adylk494]

Feels like jurassic park

[@manolo7178]

hope they make a huge badass park like that one day

[@aruilshekar8058]

Manolo 717 yep, but there aren't any dinosaurs exist 😂 They could use graphics

[@bigmamajuju2254]

Ade ka yea it felt like jp cus of the sounds and the look.. I felt like it would snap and he would jump out and grab the end of the cable

[@coloradomallcrawlers]

Can’t believe people are complaining about it being winched up, we could have lost Richard that day. So much tension, so good!

[@amyoakAnimation]

Good thing they learnt their lesson and never made hammond do anything dangerous ever again

[@bobbyjohnnascar]

A Good advertisement for the winch co.

[@yorkoxmaul66]

hammond might be short but he surely has steel balls

[@Alexen-hf8et]

This makes me feel nervous just watching...

[@ryannyc2919]

i would've pissed my pants allll the way up

[@wonderbread2764]

playyboy nyc same here

[@greatest7033]

And shit my pants all the way down 😂

[@Chirpysemperboy]

"I am depending so much on things made by other people."

[@thomsonsunil7394]

5:53 🤕

[@farkoffcnt]

Probably better off that way too, as other people are better at making those things he depends on

[@TampaSupastar22]

So are you...

[@farkoffcnt]

@@TampaSupastar22 no shit ....and so are you ....

[@abhisar_singh]

Amazing man you are a hero you did't rejected this challenge

[@merdekaagussaputra1504]

Seeing this I get goosebumps already. I have Acrophobia perhaps that I am extremely scared of a high place like this.

[@DavidBello]

laugh track is painfully obvious at the end there. nobody's laughing!

[@gfrizzleshizzlemanizzle]

Well spotted sir!

[@hershbale7945]

true, if you look in the background no one is laughing

[@highdownmartin]

It's top gear: it's all bollocks!

[@txrracxtta]

No shit, it's meant to be.

[@matthewtodd4849]

.

[@dh5697]

Richard you're a brave man. No way could I have done that. Absolutely terrifying if that cable had broke... not a nice way to go!

[@wing15601]

With a cable and winch? You could pull up a Sherman tank with the right winch.

[@unoriginalname4426]

Richard “Tungsten Balls” Hammond

[@michaelhartzell9758]

I was expecting the Rivers own engine to do the work. He should have gone up further, exited the vehicle and released the cable. That would have been entertaining.

[@muhammadjunaidi3596]

Michael Hartzell

[@danielletodiani8611]

he couldn't do go further the cable was no atachd good and he couldn't do it

[@ChimeraAZ]

Michael Hartzell : It's a "Rover",not a "River". Just saying.

[@javahub3269]

The audience laughs but non of them are laughing

[@nielswil]

"you failed", like going to Bristol and then came home again" LOL.

[@vanhalenman60]

you could do this with a honda civic

[@EvanMoon]

It would be easier on the winch cause it is so much lighter. Also, a fuel injected engine would run at that angle. So my daily driver stock 01 civic I bought for $600 is perfect. Add that same winch with some structural bracing and I am ready to go. Also I would hook the winch where I could go over the top. Still good entertainment

[@timodell8602]

+Evan Moon actually it depends on where the fuel pump picks up the fuel and where the oil pickup is. If you don't get fuel the engine dies if you don't get oil the engine seizes

[@martinv1734]

VTECH POWER!

[@Pimpdown24]

+Evan Moon you paid $600 for a 01 civic

[@martinvargas236]

agree ... does the winch come with the land rover or not ????

[@EmilBBechGrip]

I like how everytime they film Hammond he's at the same spot, just look at the background

[@r-prizzle2168]

Ya I noticed that. At the end it does look like he was shot from the top... but it seems like a huge insurance liability to have the star do this. I'm not convinced he was actually in it.

[@JetFalcon710]

He is traveling vertically, of course you'd only see the same spot on the ground. If you look really closely, you can also see the movements of the car

[@rockyarmstrong7345]

they might as well have put it in a c5, and called it a flying land rover

[@paritosh944]

C4

[@ammar5094]

lol

[@jjlin4041]

In true Top Gear style, "Always never an easy ride" with them.

[@legolover-er8jq]

How come TopGear are still uploading? They have already uploaded this under a different title!

[@SKUTE.]

Maybe its higher quality than the old video?

[@leapoffaith20]

Because Top Gear was a massive cash cow and the BBC bosses are kicking themselves for throwing it away.

[@slitor]

+Leap Of Faith they had to.

[@legolover-er8jq]

+Your Average American lol BTW change ur profile picture. 👎

[@workhardforit]

More like towing a steel cage up a dam.

[@markfortin421]

"Oh Mummy, look, there's a man driving up a dam..." GET IN THE BATHROOM, YOUNG MAN...YOUR GETTING YOUR MOUTH WASHED OUT WITH SOAP! "But Mummy!!"....

[@joelb2965]

Driver: is this safe? Producer: Yes, I'm wearing a helmet.

[@francisn.m.6101]

I wish time could run backwards,one program that glued me to television 😭😭😭😭😭

[@Gordanovich02]

*reads comments* Wait, multiple people think it would somehow be possible to just drive up a dam without the aid of a winch? Watch fewer movies, guys. You can't defy physics by gurning and being really strong.

[@lomikk3664]

How fool of me, I've always used car for driving

[@promonax4176]

Why is all this old top gear so much better

[@underworldguardian704]

You couldn’t pay me to do that 😨