On Jun 15, 7:06 pm, "Carl Sundquist" <
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> "Carl Sundquist" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>
> When the men hunt deer, they do so in a most traditional and yet
> unconventional manner. They pursue the game on foot, until the deer drops
> from sheer exhaustion; they then butcher it and haul the meat back to their
> village for their families. They don't even need guns!
There was an article in Sports Illustrated a bunch of years ago about
a runner who ran a deer to ground. The deer would bolt and then stop
when it thought it was out of range, wait until the runner got too
close, then take off again. The runner had an advantage in being able
to read the terrain better and would take a more efficient route which
helped offset the speed imbalance. Eventually endurance won out over
fleetness of foot, and the runner was able to walk up to the exhausted
deer and touch it, symbolizing a kill.
I think that's how the Grand Tours should be run.
> The men have a game of kick-ball, which they call rarapìpama, or
> carrera de bola, where they kick and chase a small wooden ball over hill and
> dale for up to three days straight, and covering 120 miles. This competition
> is generally between two or more communities.
North American Native Americans in the Northeast played baggataway,
which evolved (devolved) into lacrosse. The original game would go on
for days, have several hundred players per side, goals that were miles
apart, deaths were not uncommon and the game was a preparation, or
avoidance of, war.
I think that's how the Grand Tours should be run. If the Lanterne
Rouge was killed each day, and nobody could DNS or DNF, I think the
riding speed would pick up quite a bit. See? No need for dope at
all! Think of it as Cy-culling.
R
