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SmuglyDismissed
Nov 27, 2007
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The luge there really is a lot of fun! We got lucky with a small group during the only really good week this year and managed 8-10 runs during the session.

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SmuglyDismissed
Nov 27, 2007
IGNORE ME!!!

Cat rear end Trophy posted:

That may have been your best write up so far. But I kept waiting for the part where you all were getting set to go to the ER after hitting the luge. Sadly, that was not to be.

I can only imagine it is not what I am picturing. They don't actually send someone with no luge experience down an iced track with the potential to reach speed nearing 50 mph, do they?

And is is really cool that the Sports Park has a big adaptive activities section. I am a big believer that EVERYONE should have the chance to wreck themselves in the outdoors. This coming from a guy who just broke his hip on a backpacking trip.

Eh, they pretty much give you a 5-10 minute spiel and give you a sled. It's not a super complicated deal, you pretty much twist one way or another to steer and the sled wants to stay in the middle as long as you are in neutral. That being said, you can get pretty banged up if oversteer and pinball off the walls. I did that a bit on my 2nd to last run because I basically launched into the wall on the first turn, haha. I didn't get too many pictures this year but here are a few. I might be able to scrounge up some videos from last year.

Course map:


We start at the public start. The top start is basically decommissioned which you can kind of see in the images below. I think they said you generally hit somewhere in the mid 20s mph wise depending on the conditions. This year it was super cold and it felt like we were going really fast but the timing sensors were not functioning due to the fresh snow or something.

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