Bobsledding - so fast that even if you don't blink, you'll still miss it.

A few weeks back, I went to the Women's Bobsleigh World Cup at the Whistler Sliding Centre.  My boss gave me free tickets so I decided to check it out.  The venue was pretty cool.  You enter at the lowest point of the track which is located at the last major turn on the course (Thunderbird).  As soon as I got the tickets, I had my mind set on getting up to the beginning of the track to watch a start (not realizing how long it would actually take and how much energy I would need to exert to get there).  I later found out that I walked all the way up and and back down a 1450 metre track with a total vertical drop of 152 metres (this was all after an incredibly tiring day of work).  On top of that, it was snowing like mad all day which created a whole lot of ice, snow and slush to try and treck through.  Literally, an uphill battle.  By the time I got to the top, I wanted to slide down the track myself but I refrained.  I figured death by bobsled would be a crappy way to go out... and the track would get all goopy with my splattered insides everywhere (and the sweeper men who clean the track aren't really equipped to deal with that).  Anywho, it was a very impressive event to watch live.  I would definitely recommend it if you get the chance.  The speed is truly incredible.  Those athletes have to be insane to willingly slide down an icy track at ridiculous speeds, knowing that one wrong move could mean the end.  Unfortunately, sliding sports aren't really something you can capture with photos.  However, I did try my best.  Check it out:

Pretty cool, eh?  Yeah... you kinda had to be there.

That's all for now.

Nat.