--- In adk-luge@yahoogroups.com, Aaron Barge <bargeslluger@...>
wrote: I can tell you that I have slid on many tracks in Europe and
from the "old" men's start on the old Lake Placid track and going
from Women's start here in PC was the most unbelievable
experience!!!! I have never been that fast from any women's start
anywhere. Keep in mind, I pulled and paddled from the start when the
track was frosted and relatively slow. I really never knew where I
was on the track. When I hit curve 12, my chest felt as it was going
to explode or separate. It was un-real. But having said all that, IT
WAS THE MOST FUN I HAVE HAD ON A SLED IN YEARS!!! YA!!! Jim and
gang, look forward to seeing all of you again!! RACE ON!!! :)
>
>
> In my opinion it really depends on where the shads are "up or
down" for your first couple of runs. when i was their this year the
shads were down between curve 10 and 11 for the first weak we were
their then about four days before the race, for official taring they
diced to open the shads, completely messing me up along with other
people. so if you remove the shads the few reference points that you
had are now all gone. i think it is pretty surprising what little
thing you can notice when you are going down the track, like the
stupid red gas can in curve 9 in lake placed this year that i all
ways thought was a coach.
>
> Aaron Barge
>
> Christopher Carson <carsonchrisw@...>
wrote: 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@...
>