This zorbing ride without safety was just falling with extra steps

In early 2013, two men climbed into a zorbing ball at a Russian ski resort, trusting that someone, somewhere, had thought through the safety implications of rolling humans downhill inside a giant inflatable sphere. No one had.

“The Dombay Zorbing Disaster” unfolded with grim inevitability. The attraction was unlicensed, unregulated, and operated without …