My boss closed the office yesterday afternoon and took us all to the Utah Olympic Park and then to dinner. We had a great time. They've built some new attractions since we were all there including a stainless steel alpine slide. I was a little leary of riding it, especially after what happened to Deb and Jayson at Snowbird... but the kid running the ride told us that you could go the whole way without hitting the brakes. So that's what I did (except once at the very end when I thought I was going to fly out).
Here's a video for your enjoyment:
There is a new zip line too. It's much shorter but twice as fast as the big one we all rode.
After that we went to the bobsled ride... I was pretty excited to do that too. It didn't seem like any big deal, but let me tell you, IT WAS. We got up to 70 mph and 4Gs. They strap you and tighten you down, then the driver takes off... for about 3 seconds it's exciting... and then the terror takes over as you roll 30 degrees up the side of a turn. The whole thing starts to shake and bounce and then as the sled picks up speed your body begins to compress and you feel like it's taking all your strength just to keep from turning into a pancake on the floor of the toboggan. My head was bouncing around in the helmet that felt too small when I put it on. I thought it was going to come flying off with my head attached. My brain felt like a scrambled egg afterwords. I'll never EVER do that again! I don't have the picture of that yet... someday I'll post it.
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I couldn't watch the videos but reading your description of the bobsled ride is probably as close to riding it as I ever get. Thanks for sharing!
I watched the videos today and the slide is one long bugger ... I'd like to go try it. Does it go as fast as the alpine slide at Snowbird?
It is long! But no, alas, not as fast. Which is fine by me. No broken bones is a plus plus I say.
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