mar 20 – for picture descriptions hold your mouse over the picture

mar 19, 17:50 — Last race today – Sprint Classic. Great course, steep run, big jump, tough 360 and long skate. TV cameras everywhere on the course including a boom camera in the 360. Run 1 was going fine until i caught my left arm between the gate poles and thru my line off. Men’s run 2 started at 15:35 and the weather was warm so the afternoon reset course was not holding up well. It was even rough for the top 15 who started first. It turned out to be my best run of all races and with a decent time and the least amount of penalties. it was an awesome way to finish off.

mar 19, 17:00 — this is a great pic of the town of Rjukan in the valley and Gaustablikk Mtn on the left – Rjukan does not get any sun on it for 3.5 months of the winter so the hydro company built a tram for townfolk to go up and see the sun

mar 19, 10:30 Course inspection finished, waiting for start times, here is a pic of the course from the top, jump half way down and a pic of the jump w steep pitch after.

mar 18, 21.45 – still waiting for a bench to tune/wax skiis…..there is a guy making authentic wooden telemark skiis for sale and to use. Hi is 5 cottages over from ours…check this out !!

mar 18, 20:15 — Live TV coverage of SprintClassic on Saturday. Live on tv only top 10 women and top 15 men…after that on the internet See NRK and live on internet ( http://www.nrk.no/nett-tv/arkivert/93187/ ) it will also be on EuroSport2. Also check this site (http://www.myp2p.eu) then click on LiveSports then Other. We are 5 hrs ahead of EST. I am bib 56 and should be racing around 12:10 my time for race #1 and around 16:15 for race #2. There is also to be a time delay on NRK for later in the day Sat..

mar 18, 16:37 – Day off, 8 inches of powder and sun…just awesome tree skiing. Team Captains meeting at 6 today so will have bib ## and television coverage etc…

mar 17, 16:45 – couldn’t resist the sun setting the Xcountry skier coming up the trail. taken from the porch of what has become known as our “tree house” – which really has a lot to do with the outside access on near vertical stairs which is ever so interesting w ski boots on.

mar 18, 00:15 – what an unbelieveable evening. I will do a full upate tomorrow as way to exhausted tonight…but here are a few highlights………full tour and dinner at Vemork Hydro Station in Rjukan, NOR..very famous in WW2….many speeches, VP of FIS (overall FIS !!) did a wonderful speech, amazing museum now…..night…

VP

mar 17, 16:50 — quick one, more later. One member from each country has been invited to a special trip and dinner at 7pm tonight to visit the hydro plant that was the largest in the world in WW2 and was also a very significant part of WW2 when the Germans were in Norway…..more later.