Seriously. Has anyone taken stock of the events at the winter games versus the summer games?
Summer Games: hurdles, gymnastics, cycling, swimming, tennis, badminton, shot put…
Winter Games: bobsleigh, hockey, ski jumping, half-pipe, Super G, freestyle moguls, luge…
Almost every winter activity entails racing down ice chutes at mach speeds, risking life and limb in nothing but a wafer thin lycra suit and a nogginator. Heck even the tame cross country skiers shoot guns. Winter sports are badass.
Why is this?
Maybe winter sports are twisted extreme versions of basic snow survival techniques, invented by burly mountain people from hardier stock. Perhaps a higher ratio of adrenaline junkies are birthed in above sea-level regions. Maybe when the human brain is exposed to chilly temps, our better judgement is frozen. Or perhaps winter sports were invented by snowed-in-cabin-fevered-drunkards who just said “fuck it” as they leapt off a glacier’s cliff.
Whatever the reason, it makes for a fun ride to watch. I am buying my ticket to Russia.
