Some Travel Writers Will Do Anything for a Buck

Travel Blog  •  Sophia Dembling  •  02.17.09 | 11:35 AM ET

luger in actionPhoto by Jan Beckendorf via Flickr (Creative Commons)

Every time I watch it on the Winter Olympics, I decide that luge is an utterly insane sport that you could not pay me enough to try.

“Chicago Tribune” reporter Christoper Borrelli evidently does not feel the same way. They paid, he tried (in Muskegon, Michigan). Here’s the story.

A sample: “Sue Halter, my instructor, told me that in 15 years here she had seen only one person lose teeth while luging.”

Some people will do anything for a buck.