When I took the passenger bobsled ride in 2003, in the "2" seat right
behind Stephan Bosch (driver), we clocked 82 mph. Even having spent 3
weeks at that course with various races, walking it and thinking I
knew it, everything was a blur after we got past that 270 degree turn
at the Junior start. Every time I thought I knew where I was, I was 2
corners farther. With the shades up maybe I could have seen the
corners better, but with them down it was like doing one of those
indoor roller coasters in the dark. No point of reference. I don't
know how they do it from the Men's or Bob start for sure--and from
Women's you have a big drop down to Junior's too. Good luck! I saw
someone from Women's hit the edge of the entry chute at juniors at
pretty high speed (where the board doesn't quite meet-up with the ice
wall); it was even someone who slid in the Olympics (for a foreign
country), and it wasn't pretty.
Chris Carson carsonchrisw@...