7 chaotic photos from the UK's annual cheese rolling contest
Sheer mayhem 🧀
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Sam Haysom is the Deputy UK Editor for Mashable. He covers entertainment and online culture, and writes horror fiction in his spare time.
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When someone mentions extreme sports, your mind probably goes to things like sky diving or bungee jumping.
But chasing a large roll of cheese downhill can be extreme, too.
On Sunday, the annual cheese rolling event — a contest that sees racers charging down a stupidly steep hill in an effort to be the first to catch a wheel of cheese — took place in Gloucestershire, England.
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Hundreds attended, multiple wheels of Double Gloucester were chased, winners were crowned — and, needless to say, many people took a tumble.
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We've assembled some photos from the big day, so you can take a look at the inertia-formed carnage yourself.
Credit: Cameron Smith/Getty Images
Credit: Cameron Smith/Getty Images
Credit: Cameron Smith/Getty Images
Credit: Cameron Smith/Getty Images
Credit: Cameron Smith/Getty Images
Credit: Cameron Smith/Getty Images
Credit: Cameron Smith/Getty Images
Would we want to have a go ourselves? Probably not. But the photos are certainly fun to look at.
