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 | | From: | Callistus Valerius | | Subject: | is this unusual. | | Date: | Mon, 24 Jan 2005 02:00:23 GMT |
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 | Thinking about competing in the deadly sport of adventure racing. How
often does something like this happen?
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/192076_adventuredeath23.html What was
the mistake, or is it a roll of the dice?
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| | From: | Nate | | Subject: | Re: is this unusual. | | Date: | Sun, 23 Jan 2005 19:33:07 -0700 |
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"Callistus Valerius"
> Thinking about competing in the deadly sport of adventure racing. How
> often does something like this happen?
> http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/192076_adventuredeath23.html What was
> the mistake, or is it a roll of the dice?
Trundling rocks is actually pretty common - on the easier routes that
attract masses of inexperienced people. Take a bunch of such inexperienced,
gung-ho and in-a-hurry people all racing each other down a mountain - I can
definitely see a situation I personally would not want to be near. Why
"adventure" racing? These races sound just as and unrefined as those
"ultimate man" contests. The only difference I see is a yuppie target
instead of going for the Budweiser crowd - ie, the sponsors probably do a
little better financially. There are plenty of high quality trail run races
out there that might be a little more tolerable. Breathing hard at 13k on
some jeep road is enough competitive excitement for me. Save the
mountaineering and such for something that is actually hard.
- Nate
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