Senior Forklift Races

노인들의 지게차 경주

“We’ve had like huge crowds coming down to watch. And, we’ll about 30 people into that room.”

At Carver Senior Living Facility, it’s a with a playoff atmosphere.

“Two, one, go!”

The have gathered to on the hometown River Rats... a lean, mean racing team.

“, and don’t . Everybody me. You never know where I’ll be.”

Every Thursday at 1:00, the River Rats against another group of in Minnesota and Wisconsin.

“It’s very and you have to really be to do this.”

They use remote-controlled forklifts to pick up and place them around the . The first team to deliver all 4 loads to a new location, .

“Harder than it looks. You gotta be seriously aware of whether you wanna go forwards or backwards... whether you wanna turn left or right.”

All while trying not to your teammates.

“What I learned during my career was that aging is a team sport.”

Dr. Bill Thomas invented the National Forklift Racing League to help seniors exercise hand-eye coordination, while . He’s tuning in from Ithaca, New York.

“A lot of people, when they think about aging and old age, they think about what people can’t do. And forklift racing is about what people can do.”

Turns out, they can do a lot. There is a little bit of senior . And the crowd whenever the River Rats come through.

1
cram
(좁은 공간 속으로) 잔뜩 들어가다
2
packed house
꽉 찬 관객[관중]
3
resident
주민
4
cheer
응원하다
5
forklift
지게차
6
keep one’s composure
평정심을 유지하다
7
panic
당황하다
8
watch out for
~을 경계하다
9
face off
대결하다, 맞붙다
10
virtually
온라인으로
11
senior
노인
12
competitive
경쟁이 심한
13
team-oriented
팀을 중심으로 하는
14
load
짐
15
arena
경기장
16
win the shift
(기록 보드의 점수에서) 승리하다
17
collide with
~와 충돌하다
18
build camaraderie
동지애를 쌓다
19
smack talk
거친 말
20
go wild
열광하다

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