Archive for downhill skiing
total respect
Posted in Mountains, pictures, Running with tags competition, Cortina d'Ampezzo, Dolomiti, downhill skiing, Italy, Milan Cortina Winter Games, Olympia delle Tofane, ski accident, ski race, Winter Olympics on February 10, 2026 by xi'an
Cortina [1956]
Posted in Mountains, pictures with tags 1956, Cortina d'Ampezzo, Dolomiti, downhill skiing, Italia, Italian Alps, Milano, Rasen-Antholz, Tre Cime de Lavaredo, Val di Fiemme, Valtellina, Verona, vintage, Winter Olympics, winter sports, XXV Winter Olympic Games on February 7, 2026 by xi'an
Mount Hood [jatp]
Posted in Mountains, pictures, Running with tags 11000ft, alpinism, downhill skiing, hiking, jatp, JSM 2024, Mount Hood, Oregon, Pacific crest trail, ski lift, ski resorts, ski run, slush, summer skiing, Timberline Lodge, USA, vacations, volcano on August 5, 2024 by xi'an
good morning [from] Les Houches
Posted in Mountains, pictures, Running, Travel with tags Aravid, Chamonix-Mont-Blanc, downhill skiing, French Alps, Kandahar, Les Houches, morning run, Piste Noire, sunrise, super G on April 27, 2024 by xi'an
Lapparadish
Posted in Mountains, pictures, Running, Travel with tags 68⁰ N, Alaskan huskies, Arctic hare, Arizona, Baltic salmon, Balto, BayesComp 2023, Central Park, conference, cross-country skiing, dog race, downhill skiing, Finland, Lapland, Levi, reindeer, Sammi on April 3, 2023 by xi'an
On top of BayesComp 2023 being rich and exciting, spending a week above the Arctic circle, by about 68⁰ North was most pleasurable. If we did not really see Northern Lights/auroras, as the above was taken by one of us with a long exposure shot on a particularly cold evening, rather than the diaphanous veils we could hardly perceive, cold and snow and associated activities were delivered without reservation!
On the day we left, due to a late flight departure. we had an exhilarating 10k ride with three teams of Alaskan huskies, over a frozen river, following a musher. The strength of these dogs was amazing, esp. since they were not fully delivering, being able to reach 25km/hour in races over massive distances. On top, our guide delivered another and more realistic version of the story of Balto, whose musher was Finnish, and which we had watched many times with our kids (although we missed his statue in Central Park!)
And I X country skied every early morning instead of running, over groomed trails and in all weathers, with a minimum (manageable) -24⁰ one morn. As a near neophyte in the game, I eventually developed a hip inflammation but the joy of going through the woods prior to sunrise and spotting the occasional Arctic hare was worth the 15 hours of it. Despite hard frozen glasses the coldest morns. By comparison, the afternoon break when I tried downhill skiing was less exciting even though the very dry snow there was enjoyable.
Cold dry weather also re-awoke a nose bleed proclivity that I had forgotten since Arizona. Again, no big deal. And the conference dinner took place in a Sammi restaurant that proved quite the exception to my skip-the-conference-dinner rule with its reindeer and salmon dishes!
