I am an avid thrill seeker and am fated for a Darwin Award. I spent a large amount of time in December with my friend whose name I haven't recieved permission to post. I'll call him Joe. Joe and I were searching for the steepest hill within a quarter mile of our houses for sleding usage. Now that hill was 30 feet wide bordered by two grumpy old men in two houses badly in need of Christmas cheer. We decided to name the hill death palace because we were young and thought it was a "cool" name. As one heads down this hill they fly into the bushes that await at the base in between to trees. So after 45 minutes of being stuck and rescued from these bushes I had a wonderful idea. I decided to build a jump to clear the bushes. The problem I neglected was steepness of the hill so for every 5 level feet a sled travels it falls at least four feet. So after another hour of construction I tried it. I managed to go fast enough in that run due to the fact I wasn't using my feet to brake that in this one run I managed to windburn my lips in one run. Then I hit the jump and sailed past one grumpy old man's second story window. Then I proceeded to collide with the second thing I neglected: one of the trees. I lost my presence of mind and failed to hold on to the tree. I proceeded to plumet at 9meter per second squared into the bushes.

I was not hurt badly enough and school had been canceled the next day so I tried again. The temperatures of the previous afternoon had melted and then froze the hillside over night. I also negelcted this and had forgotten about the previous day. Managed to hit the jump at an angle sending my spinning around in a barrel roll kind of way and clearing the bushes. It was then I crashed into the fourth and final thing I neglected: the house behind the bushes. I then managed to slid down this house into a patio that had iced over. Then that ice broke exposing 6 inches of water. All in all I suffered bruises and scratches over most of my body.

Submitted on 12/07/2002

Submitted by: Mike
Reference: (this is a personal account)

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Jack said:
Maybe Toss: Other
I don't live far enough north to have snow and ice, and where I live is flat, so I really don't understand what the submitter is trying to say

Gregory said:
Neutral: Personal Account
Sounds somewhat augmented. see what the viewers think

Bert said:
Neutral: Personal Account
I suspect this account may have been "improved" slightly... A 1:1 slope is a rare thing in suburbia, also I wonder about the maturity rule?

Matt said:
Neutral: Personal Account
If its a 4 in 5 gradient, and he hit a tree/house he would have had more injurys than bruises/scratches

Teela said:
Neutral: Personal Account

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