1.   To compete in World Cup events, he hitchhiked around Europe with a broken sled, sleeping in bobsled sheds and surviving on his credit card.

2.   He was forced to make repairs to a broken sled at Rainy Pass.

3.   It was the second broken sled of the race for Swingley.

4.   The women have battled injury, broken sleds and ripped sails, altitude fatigue and subzero temperatures.