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Hitting the Wall

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At my college they was a student who enjoyed snowboarding... perhaps a little too much. By the dorm where we lived was a steep ravine, everyone knew it was a snowboarder/sledders dream hill but no one dared to go down it - the reason being that even if you managed to get over the stream at the bottom you would crash into the sheer rock cliff that made up the other side of the ravine. Unfortunately this boy seemed to lack the ability to see said wall of rock and proceeded with a plan to get over his major obsticle - the stream. So for two days he and his friends built a lovely jump to get over the stream and ignored repeated warnings about the rock wall. On the third day he decided to go down the hill and jump on his snowboard, despite my final plea that he stop to consider the laws of physics. The ride down the hill was smooth, he hit the jump, went over the stream, flew through the air - right into the rock wall. He was injured quite a bit and was still recovering a month later. I know that since he did not die no award can be given but I feel that for his lack of foresight (or sight at all apparently) he at least deserves an honorable mention.

Submitted on 09/28/2003

Submitted by: Breanne Lasorso
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Tracy said:
Neutral: Personal Account
I'd like to see verification of this

Gregory said:
Neutral: Honorable Mention
Verification would be nice.

Charles said:
Neutral: Honorable Mention
I'll side with Bill. I don't think I've seen this one.

Bill said:
Neutral: Honorable Mention
And he had "friends" helping him build the ramp? I don't recall seeing this one before. A couple similar, but none quite so striking.

Jack said:
Maybe Toss: Other
Since I live on the Gulf Coast of Texas, I'm going to pass on this one. But isn't this a repeat?

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Hitting the Wall

2003 Reader Submission Pending Acceptance

2003 Reader Submission
Pending Acceptance