Travis Pastrana tears up Mount Washington in wildest hillclimb video ever

New Hampshire's Mount Washington is known for some of the most extreme weather in the continental United States — or really, the planet. The highest surface wind speed ever recorded was logged there: 231 mph, back in 1934. Winter temperatures are brutal. And you can get a howling snowstorm at any time on the 6,288-foot peak.

Also extreme: The video you see above, of Travis Pastrana breaking his own record at the Mount Washington Hill Climb, aka the Climb to the Clouds. The climb first took place in 1904, seven years before the Indy 500, 12 years before the Pikes Peak Hillclimb, and a few decades before the existence of particularly good automotive brakes. Pastrana's record run took place over the weekend, and it may be the most frenetic — and if we're all totally honest with ourselves, terrifying — hillclimb video ever. Words don't do it justice. Just watch it.

After Pastrana set his first record, in 2017, he said, "This road is such a challenge. It's probably the toughest road to drive flat-out in the world."