Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

To: rlmorel

In winter we would look for the most dangerous looking hill we could find for sledding.


27 posted on 05/05/2012 7:28:25 AM PDT by cripplecreek (What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world but loses his soul?)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 17 | View Replies ]


To: cripplecreek
In winter we would look for the most dangerous looking hill we could find for sledding.

We lived on the edge of a small town with a farm kitty-corner on a hill across the road. The hill had a large area excavated out of one side that was maybe 100' deep. I had a pair of skis with the old toe/heel straps. We'd take them up to the top of the cliff in winter and ski down into it at speed. Crazy, but was it fun!

31 posted on 05/05/2012 7:37:01 AM PDT by bcsco
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 27 | View Replies ]

To: cripplecreek

We would do that as well, and because the sun went down before 6pm we’d be doing it in the dark. We would also ride our toboggans like a surfboard, decades before the snowboard was invented.

Interesting bit of trivia- the actor Enrico Colantoni (lead alien in Galaxy Quest) broke his leg while toboganning on a hill at the end of my street and was laid up for a few months.


34 posted on 05/05/2012 7:41:40 AM PDT by Squawk 8888 (Tories in- now the REAL work begins!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 27 | View Replies ]

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article


FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson