Today was just another Sunday on the Race Course. Every morning at 6:30 a.m. I have to show and have scanned my Olympic security pass before I can do anything (get breakfast, get a lunch, go up the mountain and pass into the "Field of Play")
All of the safety systems are in place and there is just lots of fine tuning of the various elements. The fellow in the picture is Dr. Steve Nadar from Ottawa who has come out to Whistler the last three years to gain valuable race course preparation experience not only so he would have the opportunity to volunteer for the Olympics but also to take back to his "home mountain". What is really interesting about the picture is that Steve and I are setting the two 4" by 4" posts into the snow at the start of the race course. The timing system and wand that the racers passes through are attached to these posts. Now there are all sorts of specification about the location, separation and height of the post prescribed by the FIS. So we wanted not only to get the specification right but we wanted the posts to be level and plumb. So Steve downloaded an Application onto his IPhone called "Carpenter's Level" and we set those posts perfectly and then ice them into the snow.
The woman in the photo is Helen Brown, another of my crew members who has been coming to Whistler from Campbell River and spending a week away from her kids and husband to assist with major ski races at Whistler. Helen and her family are very active in the development and running of a small ski resort, Mtn. Cain on Vancouver Island.
What made today special is that I was able to get off the mountain early enough to see the 3rd & 4th quarters of the Super Bowl and to see New Orleans win. How exciting.
That is all for tonight.
Gerry
Gerry
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