Hi Wes,
Sounds great. When do they run the 'skeleton'; the head-first version?
If it's on the same course I wonder which will be faster?
Enjoy,
Rick
W S Potter wrote:
> Twenty four hours ago I was sitting in the bleachers at the Olympic Luge
> competition... trying to get warm in the mid-teen temperatures. I was
> properly dressed for it with layers, synthetic fabrics and a long
> down/gore-tex coat but I had worked up a sweat just climbing up there.
>
> I have a new respect for the Luge competitors. Going down an iced chute on
> your back, steering with your toes and trying to see while peering through
> your heels ... kind of like driving one of Jacks 'liners. They reached top
> speeds through the time trap of 86.2 mph, mid way down the course. There
> are fifteen banked turns and the fast time was 44.2 seconds. Fifty
> qualifiers made two runs. They re-surface the run after the first fifty
> runs and before the final fifteen. For the second runs they reversed the
> order so the fast guys went last. We could watch the whole track on the big
> screen and the scoreboard was visible and readable for most people at the
> venue.
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