Citius, Altius, Fortius - an Olympic deathmatch (24-05)

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Diogenes 17 Jul 10:20pm, 17 Jul 2024 87,041 posts	0 Diogenes If you mess up either, that’s what happens
Ocelot Spleens 17 Jul 10:29pm, 17 Jul 2024 39,265 posts	0 Ocelot Spleens Skeleton you steer with shifting the position of head and shoulders, luge but shoulders and calves. They're both nuts.
TROSaracen 18 Jul 7:33am, 18 Jul 2024 28,081 posts	0 TROSaracen Always felt those bobsleigh runs should feature a loop the loop element, they must have the speed for it. Possibly a jump across a double decker bus or two as well. Too safe atm….
Ocelot Spleens 18 Jul 9:14am, 18 Jul 2024 39,266 posts	0 Ocelot Spleens I have been down one, in a sealed in version, here La Plagne, if memory serves me right we didn't quite hit 60mph. la-plagne.com
GregP 18 Jul 9:24am, 18 Jul 2024 152,452 posts	0 GregP I’ve done a taster session thing on a holiday in Kitzbühel thirty years ago. About a dozen of us in the group. Just one broken arm between us. The organisers considered this ‘about average’. Not sure it would be allowed now.
Cerrertonia 18 Jul 9:38am, 18 Jul 2024 21,507 posts	0 Cerrertonia When we were in Canada last month, you could go on the 2010 Olympic Bobsleigh run at Whistler, with a professional driver and be one of the 2 passengers in the back. They reckoned top speed of about 125km/h. Bit over 100 quid.
Ocelot Spleens 18 Jul 9:43am, 18 Jul 2024 39,267 posts	0 Ocelot Spleens Oh I forget the cost, a while back now, early 90s, I also did that stupid skiing/paragliding thing, that put the wind up me, that and the crash landing. I really liked hiking around Whistler.
Night-owl 18 Jul 11:37am, 18 Jul 2024 46,035 posts	0 Night-owl I seem to remember Sandy Gall doing it once for a TV programme
Ocelot Spleens 18 Jul 11:40am, 18 Jul 2024 39,274 posts	0 Ocelot Spleens Sandy Gall is still alive! 97. News Readers DM anyone, Rippon for the win.
Night-owl 18 Jul 12:01pm, 18 Jul 2024 46,036 posts	0 Night-owl Ocelot Spleens wrote:Sandy Gall is still alive! 97. News Readers DM anyone, Rippon for the win. He certainly is