As you know I used this space for cataloging and filing away ideas for future novels. I ran into one of those ideas this morning while reading the WSJ (see HERE).
This one was about an ultra-marathon race in China that went horribly, horribly wrong. 21 of the over 170 runners died. It's an amazing story to read, with some incredible pictures. What surprised me was that it wasn't a blizzard, or white out, or snow storm per se, so much as it was just plunging temperatures.
Some key take-aways? 1) Hire people with experience. 2) Have a sound and solid communications scheme. 3) If runners around you are on the ground not moving, it's time to panic and stop the race. That last one would seem to go without saying. Not so in this case.
Based on my reading, there were runners who were checking bodies they found around them for heart rates then continuing the run.
Regarding number 1 above, there is this snippet, below.
I'm surprised by that last line. He was helping someone then gave up. Ugh.
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