52fighters@lemmy.sdf.org to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 days agoMan attempting to rollerblade across America killed in hit-and-runwww.the-independent.comexternal-linkmessage-square35fedilinkarrow-up175arrow-down10
arrow-up175arrow-down1external-linkMan attempting to rollerblade across America killed in hit-and-runwww.the-independent.com52fighters@lemmy.sdf.org to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 days agomessage-square35fedilink
minus-squarebigmclargehuge@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up1·8 days agoHow does one even roller blade across the continental divide? I guess you could take I 10 thru thru the desert but that is equally crazy.
minus-squaresusieq0044@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-28 days agoWell he was hit on “country club road”, doesn’t sound like an interstate. Even under Trump the USA hasn’t detoriated that far.
minus-squareBoomer Humor Doomergod@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·8 days agoEvery town I’ve lived in with a country club has a road named after it.
minus-squarevaultdweller013@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up3·8 days agoThey usually started out as a simple access road or the club is or was the only damned thing there. There’s a street near me called waterman because that’s where the water men worked the wells.
minus-squareKirp123@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·8 days agoI mean there are people that ran across it. Some guy did it 5 times lol. Rollerblading doesn’t seem that bad by comparison.
minus-squareCmdrShepard49@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0·8 days agoYou can run in dirt, rocks, and grass along the shoulder. You can only rollerblade on smooth surfaces like roads.
minus-squarevaultdweller013@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·8 days agoAlso there’s tonnes of old access roads, trails, and even bushwhacking you could do as needed with hiking or running.
How does one even roller blade across the continental divide? I guess you could take I 10 thru thru the desert but that is equally crazy.
Well he was hit on “country club road”, doesn’t sound like an interstate. Even under Trump the USA hasn’t detoriated that far.
Every town I’ve lived in with a country club has a road named after it.
They usually started out as a simple access road or the club is or was the only damned thing there. There’s a street near me called waterman because that’s where the water men worked the wells.
I mean there are people that ran across it. Some guy did it 5 times lol. Rollerblading doesn’t seem that bad by comparison.
You can run in dirt, rocks, and grass along the shoulder. You can only rollerblade on smooth surfaces like roads.
Also there’s tonnes of old access roads, trails, and even bushwhacking you could do as needed with hiking or running.