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Mattress Race

2008 Reader Submission
Pending Acceptance

who ever said alcohol and skiing dont mix was..... right!!..

The brits enjoy a good drink, and even more while on holiday..

Our story starts in Sauze d'Oulx, northern Italy. Three friends who were all old enough to know better soon lost their "know" after a few too many and decided it would be a great idea to go skiing, being friends they all wanted to join in the fun together, being drunk and trying to ski down a slope at the same time was a bit of a challenge for them, so they needed something they could sit on, something they could all sit on.. a sledge was the best idea. Their worst idea was creating their own sledge out of the protective foam around the ski lift supports.

They slid off down the hill and started gathering up speed, the problem with their idea is they had no way or making their home made sledge stop or steer, they just kept going down the hill, until they slammed into the same barrier they had removed the protective foam from.

one man died, 2 were taken to hospital, and the 4th managed to escape in panic.. maybe to attempt his own darwin award.

Submitted on 02/04/2008

Submitted by: Ryan M
Reference: February 4, 2008 - http://www.metro.co.uk/news/article.html?in_article_id=92937&in_page_id=34

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Chip said:
Definitely Keep: For Darwin's Eyes
Ryan, we have already recieved this one many times but I like your write up. I'm for letting Darwin see your take on this slippery story


Bruce said:
Definitely Keep: For Darwin's Eyes
Original writeups are always appreciated. Thanks for the effort, Ryan!


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