not that there's anything wrong with that

one day, a guy rode down a frozen track while lying prone on a sled. upon watching that guy careen down that frozen track, some other guy shouted "hey! let me lay on you and let's both go down together on your sled!" "well, that would be sort of weird, but i guess so", the first guy said.

maybe that's how the Two Man Luge event was born. i don't know for sure, but i doubt it was anything more glamorous than that. well, unless maybe it came about when two buddies had been drinking at the top of a mountain and one of them was in such a stupor that he couldn't get down the mountain on his own. so they both rode the sled down together.

those are the only reasonable explanations i can possibly imagine. how else could you explain it? take one guy on a luge rocketing down the track, and that is really cool to watch. but who said "great! let's do it with two guys!"?

was it part of someone's bizarre fantasy? it's not like having a donut. mmmm....a donut. one is great, but two donuts? HEAVEN! two guys on one sled doesn't really buy much more "wow" than one guy.

i can't imagine Two Man Luge practice. "lay on me now, Horst. ok, a little to the left, if you would please....your spine...it's..... ok, that's better.  let's fly."

it's the equivalent of a cycling event with one teammate on the handlebars. or even better, a two man bull riding event in rodeo.

mark my words: men's pairs figure skating in the 2014 Winter Olympics.