Rotating Ski Slope.
February 26, 2002 8:57 AM Subscribe
Rotating Ski Slope. This seems a little far fetched, if not dangerous. Skiers travel down the side of the revolving slope at the same time as it moves upwards. The result is that the ski run is effectively much further than the actual 300-metre length of the incline. It is in Wales though - which will be nice.
Anybody here remember enough high-school physics to calculate the centrifugal force generated by a 300 m circumference disc rotating at 30 km/h? Would they build two domes, spinning in opposite directions, so when your left leg got tired you could switch to the other 'hill'?
posted by ook at 9:20 AM on February 26, 2002
posted by ook at 9:20 AM on February 26, 2002
Sorry. Vertical height of 300m, not circumference. (That did seem awfully tiny.)
posted by ook at 9:22 AM on February 26, 2002
posted by ook at 9:22 AM on February 26, 2002
Why don't they just pitch you off the edge of a cliff and have done with it?
They obviously don't like you.
posted by dong_resin at 9:23 AM on February 26, 2002
They obviously don't like you.
posted by dong_resin at 9:23 AM on February 26, 2002
You cynical bastards! Why can't you see the real beauty of this thing?
Take a snowball and roll it downhill. It gets bigger and bigger. Now, put it on a perpetually spinning slope.
What do you get? MonsterBallâ„¢!
It will destroy us all.
posted by ColdChef at 9:53 AM on February 26, 2002
Take a snowball and roll it downhill. It gets bigger and bigger. Now, put it on a perpetually spinning slope.
What do you get? MonsterBallâ„¢!
It will destroy us all.
posted by ColdChef at 9:53 AM on February 26, 2002
Llanberis seems to attract folks with a death wish, so maybe this isn't such a daft idea.
Llanberis is the also the only place I've ever been offered a pint of tea.
posted by ceiriog at 9:59 AM on February 26, 2002
Llanberis is the also the only place I've ever been offered a pint of tea.
posted by ceiriog at 9:59 AM on February 26, 2002
dong_resin: who, me?
**surreptitious deodorant check**
Do ah offend?
posted by ook at 11:18 AM on February 26, 2002
**surreptitious deodorant check**
Do ah offend?
posted by ook at 11:18 AM on February 26, 2002
If you ski with a big horn on your head will you play music?
posted by HTuttle at 12:58 PM on February 26, 2002
posted by HTuttle at 12:58 PM on February 26, 2002
Heh. 'You' only in the general sense, ook.
posted by dong_resin at 3:57 PM on February 26, 2002
posted by dong_resin at 3:57 PM on February 26, 2002
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"Rotating knives, yes."
posted by starvingartist at 9:11 AM on February 26, 2002