Exclusive: The Cool Runnings experience, First amateur tries out the La Plange bobsleigh track

To mark the centenary of the first Winter Olympics Games, our writer was the first amateur to trail one of the worlds most dangerous winter sports in La Plagne piloting a bobsleigh, solo, at speeds over 50mph Hunkered down in the pilots seat of a 120kg twoman bobsleigh, 1, 613 metres up in the French Alps. Brave or Foolish , LaPlagne, winter, bobsleigh Subscribe to The Telegraph with our special offer: just 1 for 3 months. Start your free trial now: Get the latest headlines: and are websites of The Telegraph, the UK s bestselling quality daily newspaper providing news and analysis on UK and world events, business, sport, lifestyle and culture.