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Going downhill

2005 Reader Submission
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The Alps provide residents with an income from skiing and other winter sports. To carry over some of the excitement into summer, various downhill bob runs have been built.

Visitors ride wheeled bobs down metal rails or tubes and explore the effects of gravity and centrifugal force while safely strapped in. Personnell at the bottom and the top enforce the safety rules which prohibit unsupervised use of the track.

How does the guy at the top move to and from his workplace? By the rules, he should walk, as nobody is there to supervise. In real life, he is the first one to ride up in the morning and the last one to ride down in the evening.

The 51 year old operator obviously did not want his workmates to have to wait for him, so he sent them home. A while later, he took the last bob down the track, while neglecting to strap himself in.

Being an experienced operator, he reaches top speeds that novice visitors can only dream of. While navigating a hairpin bend at high speed, centrifugal force launched him into a flight path that threw him down a 40 meter cliff.

In spite of massive hip trauma he managed to crawl back onto the track and down to the lower end, where he succumbed to internal bleeding and was found dead the next morning.

Submitted on 09/07/2005

Submitted by: Gunter
Reference: ORF Internet site, Sept 9 2005

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Kelly said:
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I like this one. Could you please provide a link to a verifiable, credible source?

Jack said:
Definitely Keep: Darwin Award
I like this! He should have know better, but the "Walter Mitty" syndrome took over. I don't know if he saw himself as the next Olympic hero or as James Bond fleeing from the bad guys, but... Even without a reference, I do like this and I can only hope that he went out in a blaze of glory - if only in his mind!

Tracy said:
Definitely Keep: Darwin Award
I think this is good enough for a DA - he should have definitely known better! A verifiable link would be great!

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