Monday, January 28, 2008
Dizin in December
In the middle of the week, one had to share the slopes with few Russian and British ski tourists, if any, and with some folks from Tehran and other nearby cities.
So much snow and so few people to share it with!
Wednesday, February 14, 2007
2007 Europe and U.S. Ski Report
The source is Ski Club of Great Britain.
Sunday, January 28, 2007
Snow Flakes
| Small tourist towns such as South Lake Tahoe, near where I was We went there to supplement the books we had bought or borrowed from |
I found this passage particularly apt given how it started:
Science will tell you that no two snowflakes have ever been discovered to be identical. The slightest disturbance in the atmosphere, the direction of the wind, the position of the falling snowflake, will alter the pattern. Thus there is endless variety in their design. The same law governs us all. Whether one's father is always kind, or only kind occasionally, or kind but once, or never kind, will profoundly affect one's development. And if the paternal kindness coincided with one's happiest and most contented moments, it might pass unrecognized. Every move hinges upon the peculiar circumstances of the given moment.
There you have it -- lots of philosophy packed into a fragment from one paragraph by Egri, found on a cold snowy night in South Lake Tahoe with no laptop in sight.
Notes:
For the physics of snow crystals, see here.
Skiing in Iran
Below, you partake of a youthful skier's visit to Iran on YouTube. (It was the first video listed under Iran on YouTube.) The video takes you through various resorts in Iran.
You need to be patient through the introduction but I think recreational skier Jasin Nazim has done a much better job of reporting than many other professional journalists who have visited the country. I certainly learned quite a lot from the video and it motivates me to ski the same mountains!