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ICE LOOKS DIFFERENT FLASHING BY YOUR FACE AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.
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SOUNDBITE Jillian Frascoia, rider:
"It was just fast!"
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SOUNDBITE Scott Hayes, rider:
"I mean you're only inches from the ice."
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AT THE SITE OF THE 1980 WINTER OLYMPICS IN LAKE PLACID- PEOPLE CAN PAY TO RIDE BELLY-DOWN, FACE-FIRST ON A SKELETON RUN.
NATS - Skeleton coach Rebecca Sorensen giving instructions
SOUNDBITE Rebecca Sorensen, skeleton coach:
"They'll get to 30 or 40 miles an hour on this track. We get close to 70 miles an hour Olympic-level. So they're going about half the distance, therefore about half the speed."
NO STRAPS. NO SEAT. A SLED ONLY SLIGHTLY BIGGER THAN A DOORMAT.
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BUT THE 40-SECOND THRILL WORTH IT TO THOSE BRAVE ENOUGH TO TRY.
NATS - Frascoia cheering after run
SOUNDBITE Jillian Frascoia, rider
"It was so fast, much faster than I thought, much scarier than I thought. It was great!"
RIDERS LOOKING FOR SOMETHING A LITTLE MORE CONTAINED CAN CHOOSE THE BOBSLED, WHERE SPEEDS CAN REACH 60 MILES AN HOUR
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MONEY FROM THE RIDES HELP KEEP THE FACILITIES THAT TRAIN OLYMPIANS UP AND RUNNING.
THE SKELETON RIDES ALSO GIVE PEOPLE A TASTE OF A LESSER KNOWN WINTER SPORT
SOUNDBITE Karen Lonnstrom, rider:
"You can go tobogganing or sledding and it's not the same thing, so this will be a once in a lifetime kind of experience."
SKELETON IS MORE FOR THOSE WHO LIKE THEIR THRILLS CLOSE TO THE BONE.
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Michael Hill, Associated Press Lake Placid, New York
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