Day 03 We awoke to 10 cms of new snow that really cleaned up the valley and provided additional work for the Course Workers as the safety systems continued to be installed all along the Dave Murray Downhill Course.
But with many hardy crews, such as Greg Stoddard's band of old experienced workers with a couple of rookies, rose to the test and installed B nets all day. When not installing nets the crews worked at getting the track itself ready by removing the new snow and smoothing the track. And what the crews can not do then along comes the "Piston Bully" snow cats. These $300,000 machines can take a rutted and snow filled course and turn it into a sloped table top ready for racing.
Today the Olympic Torch came to Whistler and all sorts of special events and people along the route welcomed the Torch. It is starting to get really exciting!
More tomorrow
Gerry
No comments:
Post a Comment