Man attempts to build a burger on rollercoaster ride

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A man has attempted to build and consume a burger while on a rollercoaster.

Alex Hobern, known for winning Channel 4’s The Circle, took on the "Burger on the Move" challenge while travelling at 50 miles per hour on Thorpe Park’s terrifying "Detonator" ride.

He planned to start building it on the minute-long journey to the top of the 100ft drop tower – before he was dropped back down to earth.

The second of his two attempts was much less successful.

During the five second drop, Alex lost his grip on most of the ingredients, resulting in the bun flying through the air and the lettuce falling out of his hands. He did however, manage to cling onto his tube of cheese.

“It was actually really hard. On the way up I tried to start building the burger, then at the top they hold you for a bit – which I dreaded," he said after the challenge which was set by cheesemake Primula. “It dropped as I was adding the cheese and it went everywhere, but I think I did alright though – it was the going down which was hard, I lost a burger at one stage.

“I’ve never done a challenge like this and I’m actually really scared of heights. When you’re up there it’s a great view, but scary.”

Once safely back on ground and able to tuck into his unusually crafted meal, he admitted the end result was pretty good.

SWNS