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Vicarious exhilaration for the cube-bound of the day

I had seen headlines recently about the world's new steepest roller coaster in Japan (press day was last week), but now there's rider-eye-view video that convey
Fuji-Q Highland amusement park world's steepest roller coaster \"Takabisha\" with a free falling angle of 121 degrees
Fuji-Q Highland amusement park world's steepest roller coaster \"Takabisha\" with a free falling angle of 121 degrees
By Will Femia, Will Femia

I had seen headlines recently about the world's new steepest roller coaster in Japan (press day was last week), but now there's rider-eye-view video that conveys the experience pretty well. The portion in the photo below starts around 1:15 in the video. Use headphones for the bonus wind-in-the-microphone natural sound.