Day 04 - Women's Luge

This evening Robin and I went to the Women's Luge at the Whistler Sliding Centre. We watched the first two runs. The final two runs take place tomorrow. The Sliding Centre is large and winds back and forth. You can watch the sliding from lots of different points. At some points you can only see the lugers slide by for a brief instant, but at others you can follow them for a couple of seconds. We watched at various points from the finish up to the start. One thing that is surprising and not evident on tv is that the finish area is quite a steep uphill stretch; another is simply the incredible speed at which they are traveling by the end of the run. It was quite cold watching, but at least it was not raining or snowing. We'll be back to the Sliding Centre to watch bobsled later this week.