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Chief
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Feb 16, 2010 - 06:31pm PT
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Way to go Maelle! (Squamish girl)
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Mighty Hiker
climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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Feb 16, 2010 - 08:29pm PT
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For those interested, some information about Maelle Ricker's family.
Her mother, Nancy, is a retired biologist and instructor, and an artist.
http://www.squamishart.com/Photography.htm
Her father, Karl, is a well known glaciologist and mountaineer.
http://members.shaw.ca/beyondnootka/biographies/karl_ricker.html
Her uncle, John Ricker, is a geologist and mountaineer, who wrote the first mountaineering guide to Peru, Yuraq Janka, in 1977. (No webpage that I could find.)
Her grandfather, William Ricker, was an eminent biologist who received the Order of Canada.
http://www2.fisheries.com/archive/publications/fishbytes/7-5.pdf
If you win the snowboardcross, do you get a snowboardhappy?
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tooth
Trad climber
The Best Place On Earth
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Feb 16, 2010 - 08:34pm PT
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Canada scores!!!
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Mighty Hiker
climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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Feb 16, 2010 - 08:40pm PT
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It was Norway 0, Canada 0 after the first period. A fair achievement for the Norwegians, given that none of them plays in the NHL, and all the Canadians do.
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tooth
Trad climber
The Best Place On Earth
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Feb 16, 2010 - 09:33pm PT
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Do the Canadians play in the NHL because they are Canadian, or because they are good?
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Mighty Hiker
climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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Feb 16, 2010 - 09:36pm PT
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Because they're good - about 2/3 of NHL players are North American, 1/3 foreign, including many Europeans. Most of the players on the strong teams play or played in the NHL, or play professionally in Europe. The NHL is considered the strongest league in the world.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
Monrovia, CA
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Feb 16, 2010 - 09:55pm PT
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^^^^^^^ AMEN! I mean the Up Close and Personals
got a little old but it seems that ABC at least showed
you most of the races that mattered. It seems they
even showed XC if it was a good race. NBC can't even
spell XC.
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Mighty Hiker
climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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Feb 16, 2010 - 10:18pm PT
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Well, the result was 8 - 0. Norway has to be satisfied with a 0 - 0 tie after the first period. Sadly, the Norwegian womens' team may be even more outmatched tomorrow.
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Maysho
climber
Soda Springs, CA
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Feb 16, 2010 - 11:00pm PT
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Actually I am pretty impressed with the XC coverage done by NBC, both at Torino and so far this time. Not harping on the US performance or lack thereof (hoping for some good sprints from Kikkan Randall, Andy Newall, and Torin Koos!), providing good info on the Euro stars, and great camera angles and cable cam usage.
Agree about the minimalist coverage of the Downhill, good cameras, could have seen many more runs!
Peter
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Reilly
Mountain climber
Monrovia, CA
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Feb 16, 2010 - 11:47pm PT
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Peter,
The XC is only on during the day when some of us are
otherwise obligated.
So tonight we've been blessed with 40 minutes of guys in
sequins prancing to music badly arranged. Luckily the Lakers
are playing.
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Chief
climber
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Feb 17, 2010 - 12:05am PT
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Ouch!
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Mighty Hiker
climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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Feb 17, 2010 - 12:17am PT
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Since there is a strong possibility that Norwegian fish farms will wipe out BC's wild salmon, I'm not sure Anders should be celebrating his Norwegian ancestry. What made you think I supported fish farming, whether by Norwegians or anyone else? It seems just as poorly thought out as independent power producers, and indeed many aspects of B.C.'s and Canada's economy. Little vision, and it goes back more than a century. Alberta even worse - essentially owned by the US, and with too many wannabe Texans. So there. Not that we need to bore our American friends with this stuff here.
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Beatrix Kiddo
Mountain climber
Littleton
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Feb 17, 2010 - 10:37am PT
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I'll be up there this weekend! YEAH!!! I'm going to catch the women's freestyle skiing and probably a hockey game. I can't believe I'm going! Hopefully I'll have some cool pics to post when I get back.
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Mighty Hiker
climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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Feb 17, 2010 - 03:09pm PT
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If you're here for a bit and have time, send a PM and maybe a SuperTopo Vancouver Olympic gathering could get organized. You know, we could drink beer and watch hockey and BS about climbing and stuff. :-)
It is excellent weather, and should be dry enough to climb this weekend in Squamish. So you may want to bring shoes and harness.
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blahblah
Gym climber
Boulder
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Feb 17, 2010 - 03:43pm PT
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Yeah, unless there is a change, it looks like US will take Gold and Silver, which will put it at the top of the medal count again.
I was getting worried for a bit . . .
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bmacd
Trad climber
Beautiful BC
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 17, 2010 - 05:14pm PT
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Britt Janyk is my former neighbours daughter, So have to say I am disappointed for her 6th place finish
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