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Title: early darwin award contender :oS
Post by: Eggtastico on January 09, 2013, 13:51:38 PM
http://news.sky.com/story/1035485/russia-zorbing-accident-father-killed-in-fall
Title: Re: early darwin award contender :oS
Post by: Clock'd 0Ne on January 09, 2013, 14:14:07 PM
What amazed me at first was that there is seemingly no decent barriers whatsoever other than the shallow mound of snow either side to make up the track, I thought wtf are they doing that for there on a mountainside but then realised its Russia of course, no surprise. Poor bloke had 2 kids and all :disappointed:
Title: Re: early darwin award contender :oS
Post by: Dave on January 10, 2013, 00:48:29 AM
yikes :(

I know people say things like 'health and safety gone mad' over here... but surely some form of risk assessment or just common sense from the operators/managers of that resort would lead to the realisation that there is a massive cliff just to the side that they need to bear in mind before sending people down the mountain in an uncontrollable object.