Sledging

We did sledging as part of the team building exercise.

We went to the same place at Voksenkollen by tram on route 1 and rented the sledges. Got the tram again to Frognerseteren. We climbed down 25m to where we start sledging. Just saw some of my team members went down on the sledge so... fast.

My first thought was "I cannot risk my life. I dont want to do this. I will go back and stay till these people finishes sledging". While I was waiting behind one of my Colombo collegues started on his sledge and found he is controlling the speed by pressing the foot on the gound.

So determined to give a try I started on my Sledge with both my feet on the ground. Wow..! is was so fun and so easy to controll the speed. Anyhow came to the meeting point some 500m below. We got some instructions from the experienced collegues on how to turn and control speed while keeping feet on the sledge.

To my astonishment It was a quick learning curve. Once we sledged down to Midstuen I was so confident that I can sledge with both feet on the sledge, turning to the correct path. But still not sure about controlling the speed.

Then started the fun rounds. Got tram back to Frognerseteren, came down sledging to Midstuen (about 3.2 km path). The tram pass is valid for the duration and we can travel as many times as we want. Like wise we did 5 rounds and in final round I could come down the distance of 3.2km in about 4 or 5 minutes. But it was on the final round I went out of the path and hit a pile of wood logs beside that made me realize excessive speed is dangerous even on a sledge.

After all it was so fun. Thanks everyone.