We are now honoured guests there. Lunch is always soup, salad, main course and dessert. Good thing we've been on our feet all day just to work off lunch then dinner.
As I said earlier, we didn't train today. There was a 10am start planned, but thankfully they blew the race off about 9am with the plan to do the same thing tomorrow. With the current weather, even tomorrow is suspect as it snowed most of the day.
Yesterday, as we were working on the start, we could hear a helicopter coming up the hill. Not that uncommon as they use helicopters here just like we use skidoos back home. However, this time it was the Red Bull Attack Cobra. This thing makes quit the sound as it approaches, almost taking your breath away. Well, it came right over the start house then stood on its noise as it then headed back down the course.
I'm uploading some pictures from the last few days to the my web site. I've been trying to capture just how steep the approach into the finish is.
This one comes close. In the middle of the red fence to the left is a wooden tv tower that you can just see. Mounted to that tower is one of my radar units. Skiers will reach over 141kph on the approach into the finish. Did I mention that there is a jump just before the finish.
You can see what happened to Scott on the approach to the finish last year.
This is a race not for the timid.
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