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Naked sled race draws 14,000
Published: 22 Feb 10 10:06 CET | Print version
Online: http://www.thelocal.de/society/20100222-25417.html
A naked sledging event in Germany’s Harz region created a logistical nightmare over the weekend after 14,000 people showed up to watch 30 men and women strip before sliding down the mountain.
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But the scene was quite different on Saturday, when thousands unexpectedly turned out for a nearly naked sledging contest sponsored by a radio station. Completely taken by surprise, authorities in the small town in Lower Saxony struggled to deal with the massive crowds.
“The traffic is huge problem for us,” complained Braunlage’s police chief Michael Huth.
But the logistical challenges didn’t keep around 30 contestants from stripping down to their panties or briefs and racing the 100-metre course on little red and black sledges. Many of the tanned racers looked more ready for the beach than the piste, as some even bared what had to be rather chilly nipple rings.
Click here for a photo gallery of the naked race.
“We had a lot of luck with the weather,” said André Gierke from the radio station 89.0 RTL. “A proper winter for naked sledging.”
The 26-year-old Christian Schmidt from Blankenburg in Saxony-Anhalt won the race, but the crowd saved much of its applause for a 70-year-old pensioner who spontaneously stripped down to sledge the hill on his own.
DPA/The Local (news@thelocal.de)
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(this type of awesomeness would never fly with the puritanical a-holes back CONUS)
Some of the blue-eyed, blonde-haired girls were so kind and innocent. But this is type of event is very inappropriate.
It takes away from a really good thing. And the truth is, men don't admire and respect women who "give it away".
Someone needs to inject a strong sense of morality into the German social conscious.
No thanks pal....
I'm both American and German. It's an intertesting position to be in. And although I currently live in the US, I do however follow what goes on in Germany very closely. Both countries would be much more prosperous if they to focus on moral psychology.
As an American, I assert that no American ANYWHERE has the right to lecture anyone about morality. Ever.
Seriously dude, I understand your perspective, but f#ck this "sins of the father" bullsh!t...
I mean, if there are any Americans or Brits on here that wanna be morally righteous and sh!t (post-hoc), consider this a call for arguments. Seriously, I welcome it. But first I suggest you take a peak at the Geneva Convention ("jus in bello"), and then Google the agendas and exploits of individuals like Curtis LeMay and Arthur "Bomber" Harris!
(but we'll leave the survey on humane/preferred methods of mass execution (firestorm vs. Zyklon-B) for a later date....