| Winter sports are a good way to get
                        out and be active in the great outdoors.
                        But it's important to consider humans'
                        effects on the natural environment when
                        they do those sports. One goal of the
                        Nagano Games is coexistence with nature,
                        and many of the facilities to be used for
                        the events have been designed with this
                        in mind.  Question: The course for the
                        bobsleigh and luge events was designed to
                        follow the natural shape of the mountain
                        beneath it as much as possible. This has
                        made it a very unusual course. What about
                        this course sets it apart from other sled
                        tracks around the world? 
                          
                        
                            
                            - It's extremely steep
  
                                
                            - It goes uphill in two places
  
                                
                            - Competitors do two laps of the
                                same course
  
                            
                         
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