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by **10sun** » Mon Jun 18, 2007 11:47 am

Gaazy wrote:Its not a sport because its an endurance competition?

Correct.

Is climbing Everest a sport?
Running super-marathons?
Sailing across the Atlantic?
Racing the Iditarod?

I would argue that they are not sports by any means.

by **Xaiveir** » Mon Jun 18, 2007 11:54 am

Sport - Physical activity that is governed by a set of rules or customs and often engaged in competitively. (dictionary.com)

By that definition....

Is climbing Everest a sport?
Running super-marathons?
Sailing across the Atlantic?
Racing the Iditarod?

Those are deffinatly sports.

by **Gaazy** » Mon Jun 18, 2007 12:07 pm

I think you have a fucked up view of what sports are then 10sun.

In that case basketball isnt a sport either. Which freakishly tall player can run up and down the court throwing the ball without getting tired first?

Add football to that list too then. Which overgrown man can go the longest without getting tired and causing him to get mangled by the other team?

*almost* all sports are endurance sports at the base.

by **kinghooter00** » Mon Jun 18, 2007 12:34 pm

Griever wrote:Anyone like Nascar?

cant believe D.E. jr will be going to team Hendrick...

by **Griever** » Mon Jun 18, 2007 5:30 pm

Phlegm wrote:Cole Trickle is my favorite NASCAR driver.

There is a driver named Dick Trickle.

by **Gaazy** » Mon Jun 18, 2007 5:37 pm

Dick Trickle was cool, if anything just for his name =/ I liked Harry Gant a whole lot too when he drove the Skoal car, im and davey allison~

by **10sun** » Mon Jun 18, 2007 7:48 pm

Gaazy wrote:I think you have a fucked up view of what sports are then 10sun.

In that case basketball isnt a sport either. Which freakishly tall player can run up and down the court throwing the ball without getting tired first?

Add football to that list too then. Which overgrown man can go the longest without getting tired and causing him to get mangled by the other team?

*almost* all sports are endurance sports at the base.

I think the time frames, enviromental conditions, & risk play a key difference in what I consider a sport & what I consider an endurance competition.

If you want to tell me that what it takes physically & mentally to race the Iditarod is anywhere near the same as what it takes to play basketball, then I think you have no concept.

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Xaiveir, what set of rules/customs & what competition is there when climbing Everest? Don't die? Thats one hell of a custom.

Most people who go to climb Everest don't do it to break any records (I believe the current speed "record" is around 10 hours by a sherpa).

Most people who enter the Iditarod have no illusions about breaking a speed record, they are only attempting to survive & complete the race (a feat that most don't accomplish).

by **Jay** » Mon Jun 18, 2007 9:19 pm

Racing the iditarod is not a sport it's an event. Sledding is what you wanna argue whether it is a sport or not and I think that falls under extreme sport like rock climbing does.

by **Kramer** » Sat Jun 23, 2007 1:18 pm

Everything sucks until football season starts...

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