[FlyVet]

That's the most brutal, no doubt.

I've always admired the downhill skiers. 70+ mph on a pair of knifes, on uneven ice, all out, just one wipe-out away from a destroyed knee.

Or the ski-jumpers. I remember in one winter olympics there was a windy day and it seemed like one after another crashed in a knocked-out heap at the bottom of the hill. Nasty cross winds.

It must be kind of hard to have the nerve to start down that ramp when you saw the guy before you half kill himself.

[ResponseAbility]

****It must be kind of hard to have the nerve to start down that ramp when you saw the guy before you half kill himself.****

That gets into mental part of sports, when the challenge becomes if you can survive what just took out a competitor. Sports that include the forces of beast and nature are less predictable because the energy is highly variable. When this is what you train in and you see a competitor fall from those intense natural energies, the massive amount of adrenalin must still be controlled.

This comes closer to war than man to man competitions, and that is what sports are attempting to recreate in a civilized way.

[downwdims]

I compare them to the guys that do freestyle motorcross. Skill there? yes. Insanity? It’s in there.