Geo: 50.1183, -122.954On Saturday, March 4, 2017, I drove toWhistler, British Columbia to participate in the “DiscoverBobsleigh” activity that was being offered by the Whistler SlidingCenter. During this activity the participants are given basicinstruction on how to pilot a two person bobsleigh and how to operatethe brakes. Then it is off to the Olympic ice track, the fastest inthe world, for two runs down the track from the lower starting point– one run as the pilot and one run as the brakeman. Here is adescription of the “Discover Bobsleigh” activity (temporarily off line):http://www.whistlerslidingcentre.com/community-sport/sport-programs-camps/discover-bobsleigh-introductory-clinics-20162017My interest in bobsleigh goes back toat least 1987. In November of that year I flew from Oakland, CA,where I was living at that time, to
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