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Old December 19th 06, 04:16 AM posted to rec.skiing.nordic
Ken Roberts
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Default Finally!

Jan Gerrit Klok wrote
I get to choose indoor alpine centers that way, but that I
just don't care for that the least bit.


Funny my reaction to "alpine" ski centers is to see them as another
opportunity. If we had an indoor alpine ski center close by, rather than
disdain, I'd be trying to get a bunch of XC skiers together to rent the
whole thing for some odd hour and use it for on-snow hill training.

My sister and her daughters skied on manufactured outdoor snow last Friday,
in daytrip driving range of New York City. I could easily joined them, or I
could have paid only $US 15 to do a hill climbing + downhill workout on
outdoor snow at a different closer place on Friday. But not enough closer,
so instead of doing the driving, I did an intense rollerski workout with
Sharon on our nearest steep hills.

No problem with the technology to deliver snow within driving range of New
York City. But my sister had the commitment to do the driving and pay the
money to get her daughters out on snow, and Sharon and I did not have enough
commitment to drive to the snow. Interesting: Her daughters are mainly
downhill skiers, and Sharon and I are mainly not.

Ken


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