More on the Luge

We spent the better part of the afternoon, evening, and night with two doctors from Pittsburgh and their very cute and very polite 4-year old son. They had seated tickets at the finish line of the luge, which kind of defeated the point of the event. Phil and I had standing tickets at any point along the track, which gave us the opportunity to try and take photos of people passing us at 60 - 80 miles per hour. But by the time the skaters got to the finish line, they were already standing or sitting, so the thrill was gone.

Standing next to the 'compression' curve at the end of the track, we first heard a loud rumble as the ice and the track vibrated, and then with an impressive whoosh, the lugers were past us in seconds.

The event was one of the most exciting we've been to so far. And the speed was only part of it. A US woman nearly won, but she was beat out by 3 Germans, who took Gold, Silver, and Bronze. Very fun event, and not nearly as cold as the Ski Jump two nights before.