| Re: TDF Crowd Math
On Wed, 21 Jul 2004 20:10:37 -0500, "Mike Kruger"
<MikeKr@mouse-potato.com> wrote:
>Let's see. The course is 15.5km. That works out to 58 people per meter of
>road. Figuring people are packed in like sardines (getting half a meter of
>width, about 20 inches, each), this would still be 15 people deep, along
>both sides of he course, for the entire length of the course. Seems
>unlikely.
There's two sides to the road (in most areas) and there are multistory
viewing areas and stands. And some fans show up to party and watch the
whole thing on TV (still remember the picture from three years ago of
the guy looking up from the TV to see the bike racers go past), so
they wouldn't have to line the road. Would guess that it is still
optimistic.
Curtis L. Russell
Odenton, MD (USA)
Just someone on two wheels...
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