Rafael wrote:
I meant to post this last week, a bit old news. The 2010 Gloucester Cooper's Hill Cheese Rolling and Wake has been canceled for 2010. The concern wasn't so much the myriad of casualties inevitably caused by chasing a 7# wheel of cheese down a hill where it can reach speeds of over 70mph but rather, potential property damage and group liability insurance (as the event used to be informal but is not skyrocketing in popularity) as well as logistics such as how to direct traffic and parking.
Surely the Japanese have something even crazier?
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Surely the Japanese have something even crazier?
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You mean Onbashira? I thought that was every year, but Wikipedia says it's once every six years. It's the one where they take big freakin' logs down from the mountain:
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The course of the logs goes over rough terrain, and at certain points the logs must be skidded or dropped down steep slopes. Young men prove their bravery by riding the logs down the hill in a ceremony known as "Ki-otoshi."
A few more Joules there, I suspect.
