[Alberta's Child]

If you've been to a ski jump hill you might notice how low the actual height of the jumper is relative to the slope beneath him.

In winter sports, it’s the men’s downhill that has to be the most treacherous event of them all. And the skeleton (like the luge, but HEAD FIRST down the hill) is like racing at Daytona without a harness or a windshield in the car.

[dfwgator]

My all-time Olympic moment is still Franz Klammer in the 1976 Winter Olympics downhill.

[Hot Tabasco]

In winter sports, it’s the men’s downhill

Without a doubt. Watching the event on TV, people don't get a real perspective on how steep those runs actually are.

I was out in Banff a year after the Husky World Cup downhill championships held at Sun Shine Village. I skied the slope that was used for the downhill and it was OMG!