Pat Donnelly

From ABC News - Mar 11th http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pgr2jfsDezQ

Go to a bootfitter or try an Ankle Wrap http://www.tognar.com/boot_heater_warmer_fitting_dryer_canting_dryers_ski_snowboard.html#bootshims

<table summary="Welcome to Nubs Nob Ski Resort" width="485" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><td class="bodytext" valign="top" width="478" align="left" height="260">CHANGE to Boyne Highlands 3/14 + 3/15 as Nubs has a big SKI race on 3/14. pdwlc at yahoo dot com Anyone planning to be in the area 03/14 - 03/15? Report below is from 03/09 . . . </td> <td class="bodytext" valign="top" width="7" align="left"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="pagetitle" valign="top" align="center" height="25">Fresh News from Nub's! </td> <td class="pagetitle" valign="top" align="center"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="bodytext" valign="top" align="left"> POWDER ALERT! POWDER ALERT!! 11" overnight with a bluebird sky this morning! YAHOO! </td></tr></tbody></table>

http://www.aspendailynews.com/section/home/133023 Published on Aspen Daily News Online (http://www.aspendailynews.com) Snowboard pro Polk remembered as happy, passionate and well dressed Writer: Brent Gardner-Smith Byline: Aspen Daily News Staff Writer <!--paging_filter--> When Chris Polk got dressed Thursday for his job at Buttermilk Mountain as a snowboard instructor, he put on a button-down collared shirt, a tie and a vest, just like he always did. “It was just his style,” said Polk’s girlfriend, CJ Monaco. “He wanted to look presentable.” On his way out the door he smiled broadly, as he normally did, kissed Monaco good-bye, told her he would see her that night and headed off for another day teaching people to snowboard. “I know he was happy when he went to work,” Monaco said. Polk, 30, always wore his shirt, tie and vest on under his ski school uniform. It was a measure of the pride he took in being a snowboarding professional and it was his own little marketing tool. “He would come in for lunch, take off his ski school jacket, and clients would be like, ‘Wow, you look nice,’” Monaco said. Thursday turned out to be Polk’s last day as a professional ski instructor. At about 20 minutes after noon on Thursday, Polk was snowboarding with speed down the Columbine trail on lower Buttermilk when he collided hard with a tree and sustained fatal traumatic injuries. Polk was off duty, but wearing his instructor’s uniform. And almost certainly, he was wearing a tie. By Friday afternoon, about a dozen suit ties had been hung in the branches of the small tree island on Columbine, right next to the Summit Express lift at tower 11. A photo of a handsome, smiling and hearty young man was posted on a stout tree trunk. A purple tie was hanging down next to the photo. And many on-mountain employees at Buttermilk on Friday were wearing ties in honor of Polk, who had made many friends on the mountain in the three seasons he had worked there. “He was so positive and always had this beautiful smile on his face,” Monaco said. “He was such a good person. And he loved the mountain. He loved the snow. He was just so passionate about it. Chris was the mountain. The mountain was Chris.” Monaco, 26, works at Fringe Salon in Aspen and had met Polk last fall in three chance encounters in town. She said the third time was the charm. “We were pretty much inseparable after that,” she said. “We were just like a little unit. We called it our little bubble.” Monaco knew that Polk was from San Jose, Calif. and that his family had recently moved to Indiana. She knew he had served in the Navy, was an avid rock climber who had worked in Yosemite valley, and that he had worked at both Mammoth Mountain in California and at Sunlight Mountain Resort in Glenwood Springs as an instructor before coming to Buttermilk. “He was such a good teacher,” she said. “He was so hands on. He just went above and beyond to teach people. He’d run down the mountain to come get you.” Until it clicks, learning to snowboard can be a trying and humiliating experience for people, but Monaco said Polk could get people up and turning quickly. “He said it was just such a good feeling when people get it,” she said. Andrew Shore, a good friend of Polk’s, concurred. “I know that his love for instructing was rooted in the enthusiasm his students showed, and knowing that he had an effect on them,” Shore wrote in an e-mail. Polk worked with Shore for two years as a land surveyor, but Shore said he didn’t really know too many details about Polk’s background. “He was so ardent about his passions that conversation was never about the past or about his childhood,” Shore said. “Conversation was always about what he was going to do or wanted to do next. My favorite thing about Chris is that he never half-assed anything. If he was going to do it, he did it.” For CJ Monaco, losing Polk has been devastating. After she got the call Thursday afternoon from a friend, she went to the hospital and just sat alone with Polk until the coroner came. “It is just not real,” she said. “It is just crazy. I keep waiting for him to show up. He was so young and had so much life ahead of him. My heart hurts.” She said a memorial service was being planned for Polk sometime next week. “He was just such a good spirit,” Monaco said. “Such a good soul. I just want people to know what a good person he was.” bgs@aspendailynews.com

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Skiers Evacuated From Snowbird Lift In High Winds - All Are Safe Mar 4, 2009 Jill Adler, Associate Editor Snowbird's Peruvian Express, with its chairs freshly installed, November 17, 2006. All's well now that 89 wind-ravaged skiers have been evacuated from Snowbird Utah's Peruvian Express Lift. The high-speed quad was battered by strong winds and forced the cable to jump the track for the first time in it's short history. "The fixed grip on top of the chair moved into the wheels at Tower 23 (near the top of the lift) and blew off the track. That triggered the automatic stop," Snowbird's Jared Ishkanian told OnTheSnow.com. "We had a choice. To fix the chair with everyone sitting up there or get them down. We opted to evac." With gusts up to 60 miles an hour Wednesday (March 4), most of Snowbird was shut down before noon with just Chickadee, Baby Thunder, Gad II, Gadzoom, and MidGad open. Peruvian shutdown at 11:35 a.m. and, with the help of patrol from both Alta and Snowbird, everyone had safely landed at 1:45 p.m. Snowbird is repairing the troubled section today. "Winds are supposed to get stronger, not die down," said Ishkanian. A storm front moving through is expected to bring high winds ,but not much precipitation, which is something the Wasatch resorts could use right now as they head into Spring Break season. "Skiing [at The Bird] was fantastic today," said one guest. "It's like East Coast conditions so it made it fun and unique. We don't usually have this in Utah. Not wind buffed but wind scraped." Sharpen your edges. With 4-6" expected for tomorrow, the conditions will be as locals say ... "dust on crust" for the next couple of days. URL: http://www.onthesnow.com/news/a/6284/skiers-evacuated-from-snowbird-lift-in-high-winds---all-are-safe

http://www.firsttracksonline.com/News/2009/3/2/Chairlift-Cable-Snaps-at-Spanish-Ski-Resort/

order up some sport legs www.sportlegs.com

Feb 16 7:00 p.m. e.s.t Modern Marvels "Super Human" http://www.history.com/shows.do?action=detail&episodeId=396850 Clips http://www.history.com/video.do?name=modernmarvels&bcpid=1767981841&bclid=1803311459&bctid=1614612127

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Stamp out boot stink and mildew. Spray a dash of boot juice in those puppies every now and again to keep 'em smelling sweet as a daisy and keep creepy swamp growth at bay. Big 20 oz. pump spray can. Due to its flammable propellent, we can only ship this item to customers in the lower 48 U.S. states. http://www.tognar.com/boot_heater_warmer_fitting_dryer_canting_dryers_ski_snowboard.html

Mark, Talk to Bruce. You might want to consider a classic or an all mtn Coiler. Rx base burn - grind and/or Dominator re-new Pat

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Located across from the airport and take a dog for a walk.

Jeff - I believe there is a special SES package offer if purchased in Aspen during the event. Purchase TD3's + FinTec heels and save $50 off the heels. This may have been in the BOL newsletter.

http://www.firsttracksonline.com/News/2009/2/5/Washington-State-Ski-Area-Discounts-Lift-Tickets-to-Spur-Business/

Corey, Our favorite place that Joel turned us onto. My wife and I usually split a breakfast plate. Right on the N.E. corner on the main highway at the intersection / traffic light. http://www.breakfastinamerica.com/ Joel also introduced us to Smoke last year and it is very good. If you like salads - try the chicken Caesar salad at Bumps (base of Buttermilk) and have it topped with parmesan cheese AND roasted garlic.

Get a supply of SportLegs and you just might be able to ride 4 days, or at least you will lessen the burn on the 2nd and 3rd days http://www.sportlegs.com/buy/colorado.asp Transportation http://www.rfta.com/ Spend a day at the Glenwood Springs Hot Pool http://www.hotspringspool.com/ Nearby by the pool, spend an hour on the short tour of the Caverns http://www.glenwoodcaverns.com/ There are a few trail heads near downtown you may be able to access but will be beaten down snow pack. Shop and tour Aspen, sales should be starting. http://www.aspenchamber.org/Visitors-Adventure-Summer-Hiking-pl1110.cfm Rent a pair of snow shoes and walk up Buttermilk then take the high speed down. Weave in and out of spruce-fir forest along a babbling creek and learn about the animals that inhabit the Rocky Mountains in winter. Naturalists from Aspen Center for Environmental Studies lead guided twice-daily tours at Snowmass and Aspen Mountain starting December 15. The cost is $53/adult, $42/youth ages 13-17, $42/seniors ages 65 and up, and $32/child ages 7-12. Price includes lift, snack & warm drink, snowshoes, knowledgeable guide, basic instruction and spectacular scenery. Call 970-925-5756 or click here for more information. Meeting locations and times: Snowmass - meet at the information desk in the Snowmass Ticket Pavilion on the Snowmass Village Mall at 9:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m., tours leave at 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. Aspen Mountain - top of the Silver Queen Gondola, 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. http://www.aspensnowmass.com/companyInfo/tips.cfm?portal=Around%20Town http://www.bellyupaspen.com/

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I had deleted a question asking if this was a continuation of the lost board saga. Dave - sounds like there will be a crew at B'Milk 2/03 & 2/04. We'll be there starting 2/21

Thanks Bob! See you on 02/21

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put me in line if the sale falls through