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Tog tanker truck that blew by me disagreed apparently, causing me to hum that song, "Waiting for the Sun" by the Doors, with the new title, "Waiting for the Fireball..."straight skis? boot boards, (zeppas), to the boots were not present when I quickly put the lace up liners on and put them in the boots then went out to a clinic. Having past the "do I remember how to ski?" stage, I kept thinking, "Damn, I didn't think these boots were so stiff", and once, "why do I feel something sharp on the bottom of my foot?". Later I discovered that was the screw from the plates on the soles poking through the footbed.Blizzard of Ahhs and reshown in Steep where Scott Schmidt skis the Poubelle Couloir - huffing and puffing to get the skis out of the snow. That's sort of what it was like to ski the straights on Bush's steeper terrain.in Stowe?"everyone else at the lodge by now?", "Don't they know it's time to go skiing ?!", (To Rossi, we were all on a bus tour that morning.)at breakfast to skiing. The best and most dramatic way to do this is.....Skijoring! Skijoring is where you pull a skier behind a horse. It's like waterskiing where the boat is the horse. There can be jumps and turns and anything you want. (No, the horse does not go over the ramp jump)
Sidebar:Yosemite used to have a Firefall of hot coals that was done in the evening. Seriously, here's a photo:
Yosemite Firefall, Mt. Clark (background), and Nevada Fall (lower left corner). Photographed by Richard Marklin on May 18, 1963.
from: http://firefall.info/ Fond Memories of Yosemite By Maureen K. Hall
"You could hear the call from Camp Curry up to Glacier Point. The call would go like this--- "Hello Glacier"-the answer back from 1400 foot up off the valley floor would be "Hello Camp Curry". The call would come through clear as a bell. Curry would then call back "Let the fire fall
I was always moved to tears and the song meant so much to me that I had it sung at Wes' and my wedding. The firefall The environmentalists were working at changing Yosemite that many years ago." [bold added]http://reliableanswers.com/seasonal/fond_memories_of_yosemite.asp
I broached the subject of Ski Joring to one of the authorities at the hotel, who expressed interest in the idea. (I didn't mention the hot coals part, and I should keep the source annoymous) It's important that we have proper horses for the event - we need high speed, not some clunky ClydesDale that's used to pulling a sled. Epic's wife apparently has quarter horses...that's about perfect!
