R.I.P.: another motorsports fatality
07-10-2013, 11:27 AM
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This Friday there was another death in Albequerque, New Mexico. One of the most experienced drivers.
http://www.kob.com/article/stories/s....shtml?cat=500
Another sport in which there has been a shocking cluster of deaths has been extreme skiing, a sport from which I stepped back after being in a major avalanche that I fortunately survived. A great many of those deaths have been of professional skiers at the highest level. There has been extensive discussion about the rise of 'extreme sports', a seeming increasing willingness to accept extreme risks, to what extent that is driven by commercialization and pursuit of publicity and sponsorship, and to what extent the non-professional weekend warriors try to emulate what they see the pros doing in the media.
http://www.kob.com/article/stories/s....shtml?cat=500
Another sport in which there has been a shocking cluster of deaths has been extreme skiing, a sport from which I stepped back after being in a major avalanche that I fortunately survived. A great many of those deaths have been of professional skiers at the highest level. There has been extensive discussion about the rise of 'extreme sports', a seeming increasing willingness to accept extreme risks, to what extent that is driven by commercialization and pursuit of publicity and sponsorship, and to what extent the non-professional weekend warriors try to emulate what they see the pros doing in the media.
Is this really a rash of incidents, or are more just being reported?
-Mike
07-10-2013, 12:07 PM
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Another sport in which there has been a shocking cluster of deaths has been extreme skiing, a sport from which I stepped back after being in a major avalanche that I fortunately survived. A great many of those deaths have been of professional skiers at the highest level. There has been extensive discussion about the rise of 'extreme sports', a seeming increasing willingness to accept extreme risks, to what extent that is driven by commercialization and pursuit of publicity and sponsorship, and to what extent the non-professional weekend warriors try to emulate what they see the pros doing in the media.
07-10-2013, 10:09 PM
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07-12-2013, 01:03 PM
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Turn 6 is not at all a turn where I would expect a driver error crash. Very hard to believe it was driver error.
Really sad to hear about it.
