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AsCeNsIoN · 02-19-2006, 11:31 PM

I had a go at Luge when I was in the Army, a Longgggggg time ago. I was 19!! It was great fun, very exhilarating, but it is absolutely agony on the neck and shoulders. You only have a piece of bungy like cord, that is attached to your head as a bit of support. You have to have STRONGER THAN METAL neck muscles to keep your head from bouncing on the ice! You also have to sit for HOURS and memorise every turn on every course, and what line to take, how high up the ice you need to be to get around the corner, how much you need to steer and rely on your body weight to get safely around the course. The sledge weighs 35 Kilos, so if you come off in front, and that baby goes over you at speed, OUCH would be a very small understatement!!

I did love it though.

02-19-2006, 11:31 PM	#9
AsCeNsIoN Miss MitZi's Mama Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Tunisia, North Africa Posts: 758	I had a go at Luge when I was in the Army, a Longgggggg time ago. I was 19!! It was great fun, very exhilarating, but it is absolutely agony on the neck and shoulders. You only have a piece of bungy like cord, that is attached to your head as a bit of support. You have to have STRONGER THAN METAL neck muscles to keep your head from bouncing on the ice! You also have to sit for HOURS and memorise every turn on every course, and what line to take, how high up the ice you need to be to get around the corner, how much you need to steer and rely on your body weight to get safely around the course. The sledge weighs 35 Kilos, so if you come off in front, and that baby goes over you at speed, OUCH would be a very small understatement!! I did love it though. __________________ HeLeN - The DiVa's MuM MiTZi - The DoGGy DiVa!