{"id":1691,"date":"2022-06-06T13:20:19","date_gmt":"2022-06-06T17:20:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/magazine.alumni.ncsu.edu\/?p=1691"},"modified":"2022-06-06T13:20:19","modified_gmt":"2022-06-06T17:20:19","slug":"chasing-the-cheese","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/magazine.ncsu.edu\/2022\/chasing-the-cheese\/","title":{"rendered":"Chasing the Cheese"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
There are few sporting contests around the world that can match the oddity and utter brutality of the Cooper\u2019s Hill Cheese Rolling<\/a>, an annual event near the English town of Gloucester. Contestants are warned that they enter at their own risk, and broken bones are a common occurrence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Yet every year for generations, dozens of people have shown up for the chance to chase a disk of Double Gloucester cheese<\/a> down a 200-yard hill that is so steep contestants inevitably end up rolling and bouncing most of the way down. In recent years, the event has become a cult favorite on YouTube and was featured in a 2020 Netflix documentary series<\/a> on extreme and quirky competitions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n One of its most ardent fans is Abby Lampe \u201922, who graduated from NC State in May with a degree in industrial systems engineering. She has seen the Netflix series and watched countless hours of videos of the race, all with the dream of one day entering it herself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n