Little new to report from an Olympic standpoint. Most of us had the day off today. The women's DH qualifier was a no-go today, but it's looking like the men's DH is going tomorrow come hell or high water.
Last night Ottawa-Matt and I had a little debrief at the Shady Tree, as he had a pretty brutal day at the venue yesterday. The poor guy had to hitch-hike into the venue due to a bussing schmozzle, and then his first-aid team had to care for a heart attack victim. All was well though, as the patient survived, and beer heals all wounds. Afterwards, my hosts joined us, and we headed across the highway to the Grizzly Bar. That is a very interesting mix of folks.
One of the guys that I work with at WCR MedSpec (Whistler Creekside Spectator Medical), Craig, is a patroller at Steamboat Springs in Colorado. Considering the weather man delivered on the 20cm he promised, the tally was 45cm in 48 hours. The two of us met up at the gondola for first lines in the morning, and tore up the mountain. There was zero vis early in the morning, but the sun burnt off the fog, and we skied bluebird in the alpine above the clouds, while the spectators at the sliding center got rained on.
The video wouldn't upload, sorry.
We wrapped up the day with a trip across the Peak-to-Peak gondola, and a heavy cheddar run down Blackcomb to a download on the gondola. Now that the games have started, Whistler Village is a zoo, which is exactly where I'm headed after dinner tonight. I've got a floor to crash on, and I'll be set and ready to go for a long day of working tomorrow.
Things are looking good for me to be able to see the two-man luge and/or the two-man bobsled this week. A few of my friends here were at the men's luge yesterday, and they said it was AMAZING.
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