# Getting into winter olympic sports

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**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [February 1, 2014, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-into-winter-olympic-sports/680255 "2014-02-01T02:50:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![Enola\_Straight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dec6dc/32.png) [@Enola\_Straight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Straight)\
**Post date:** [February 1, 2014, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-into-winter-olympic-sports/680255/1 "2014-02-01T02:50:25Z")

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Suppose I lived within a reasonable distance of some winter olympic venue…Lake Placid, for instance…and thought the bobsled/luge/skeleton might be, you know, _fun._

Can anybody go up and rent a sled, or must you have some credentials to prove you aren’t gonna kill yourself?

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**Author:** ![dolphinboy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dolphinboy/32/330_2.png) [@dolphinboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dolphinboy)\
**Post date:** [February 1, 2014, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-into-winter-olympic-sports/680255/2 "2014-02-01T02:55:34Z")

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> [@Enola\_Straight](#):
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> Suppose I lived within a reasonable distance of some winter olympic venue…Lake Placid, for instance…and thought the bobsled/luge/skeleton might be, you know, _fun._
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> Can anybody go up and rent a sled, or must you have some credentials to prove you aren’t gonna kill yourself?

What sort of credential would that be?

You would have to sign a liability release in case something bad happened, but if you wanted to try out the luge track, and were willing to pay the fee, I don’t think they would stop you.

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**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\
**Post date:** [February 1, 2014, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-into-winter-olympic-sports/680255/3 "2014-02-01T02:57:59Z")

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[Go for it](http://www.lakeplacid.com/do/family-fun/bobsled-rides-olympic-sports-complex)!!

Adult $85, Teens 13-19 $80, Jr $75.

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**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\
**Post date:** [February 1, 2014, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-into-winter-olympic-sports/680255/4 "2014-02-01T05:26:34Z")

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Moved to the Game Room.

Colibri  
General Questions Moderator