Stories from the ice
Before the clock started.
Sliding began with borrowed delivery sleds, mountain roads and bored winter tourists. These are the people, places and improbable moments that made all three sports.
01 Bobsleigh · 14 chapters · 5,900 words
Two Toboggans and a Plank
A garden rake, a Swiss road and a two-hundred-thousand-dollar carbon shell. Read the story
02 Luge · 14 chapters · 6,600 words
Feet First
A postman, a mountain road and a thousandth of a second on refrigerated concrete. Read the story
03 Skeleton · 13 chapters · 4,800 words
Head First
A hotel bar, a greengrocer, a pitcher of beer and a man dressed as Iron Man. Read the storyPhotos: Bobsleigh, Tim Hipps, Public domain · Luge, Sandro Halank, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Skeleton, Sandro Halank, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Answers included
Stories worth guessing.
Rakes, ties, greengrocers and improbable champions. Every answer reveals the fact and links directly to the passage behind it.
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