Absolutely brilliant idea, now in it’s seventh year. Here’s the scene from last year…
Apparently they wait for the first cable car after 4pm to stop at the top of the hill (it forces traffic to stop in all three directions while assloads of tourists take pictures of tourists standing at the top of the hill watching tourists drive their rental cars down the hill). Once the hill is completely devoid of cars, the race begins. Scarily, it all ends less than 30 seconds later. I only wish Kevin and Kate could be here with us to see it. And I really wish I still had my trusty green machine to race it.
Thanks to Jordan ‘AJ’ Kobert for the tip. His stories of last year’s event make this year’s a must-see. I only hope that the guy wearing the ‘there is no team in fuck you’ shirt as well as the guy in the full-body styrofoam suit race again in 2007. Me? I would have to do something like a spring-break-esque blowup sumo suit. I would not survive that descent without some serious padding!!
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