Video: Tourist turns pretty mountain ride into 'scary rollercoaster'

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It usually offers a leisurely descent down a mountain in Austria, allowing tourists to soak up the stunning surrounding views on the way down.

But one tourist decided the Alpine-coaster in the ski resort of Mieders was too laidback for his liking - and turned the trip into a hair-raising rollercoaster ride.

According to the Daily Mail, the Guinness Book of World Records named the Takabisha attraction at Japan's Fuji-Q Highland Amusement Park, which plunges 141ft in a single vertical drop, as the world's steepest ride.

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