Been there 6 times... Myth? HAH!
Those people DRINK! They drink HARD! They drink EARLY!!! and, A LOT!!
Oh my... a myth?? BAHAHAHAHA!!!
Back in 1979, while living in Lake Placid, I ended up volunteering as an interpreter for the Russian Bobsled Team. Most called it World something something Competition... I called it my ... LOST WEEKEND!
To this day I still don’t remember MOST of it.
Yeah Tim they DO drink HARD.
You didn’t answer my questions though.