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Thrills, No Spills, At Lake Placid Bobsled Track

Vermont Public | By Patti Daniels,

Sage Van Wing

Published February 10, 2014 at 2:18 PM EST

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Two bobsleds sit in a shed, awaiting their turn on the Lake Placid sliding track.

Sage Van Wing / VPR

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Bobsled tracks are required to finish on an uphill slope. This viewpoint looks from the finish line down the track where sleds will appear in the final seconds of their runs.

Sage Van Wing / VPR

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VPR's Patti Daniels settles into bobsled behind a professional driver. (He wore a helmet too, no worries.)

Sage Van Wing / VPR

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VPR's Sage Van Wing got creative with gaffer's tape to secure her microphone to the back of a bobsled driver to record this story.

Patti Daniels / VPR

Just across Lake Champlain from Vermont are the Adirondacks, which are home to many of the country’s best bobsledders. The athletes train alongside luge and skeleton athletes at the Mount Van Hoevenberg Olympic Complex in Lake Placid. The sliding track there is a regular stop for the bobsledding World Cup races. It's also where visitors like VPR’s Sage Van Wing have a chance to slide down the track in a bobsled.

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