ROLLER COASTER ENTHUSIASTS GEARING UP FOR CONFERENCE

ROLLER COASTER ENTHUSIASTS GEARING UP FOR CONFERENCE

BRANSON, Mo. (Wireless Flash) – Some folks are addicted to nicotine and others to heroin but a Pittsburgh man has an even stranger vice: roller coasters. 51-year-old Gary Baker is such a roller coaster addict that he has to hold two jobs just to support his habit. So far, the full-time retail worker and trophy maker claims to have ridden on more than 400 coasters in 125 parks in the United States and England. Baker says working two jobs to support his roller coasting habit has its ups and downs but he refuses to give it up. Baker is just one of 6,000 members of the American Coaster Enthusiasts, which is holding its annual convention this week at the Silver City Theme Park in Branson, Missouri.

Fri 05-04-01