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Mighty Hiker
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Vancouver, B.C.
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Feb 18, 2010 - 04:42pm PT
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Berger's win, and Norway's 100th gold medal, are on the front page of Aftenposten, Norway's biggest newspaper. Very big news there, especially as it was in a cross country event. Here's excerpts, and a translation.
Tora Bergers første - Norges hundrede Tora Berger's first - Norway's hundredth.
86 år og 19 dager etter at Thorleif Haug kapret Norges første gullmedalje i vinter-OL, sørget Tora Berger for nummer 100 i rekken. 86 years and 19 days after Thorleif Haug captured Norway's first gold medal in the winter Olympics [1924 - Chamonix], Tora Berger provided the hundredth.
- Utrolig deilig! Det er synd at man skal stå å grine når man gjør det så bra, sier en følelsesladet Berger til NRK. Unbelievably delightful! It's sad that one should stand and cry when one does so well, said an overcome Berger to NRK. (Norwegian television.)
Tora Berger gikk ut med startnummer to og skjøt ned de 19 første blinkene. På siste skyting ble det derimot én bom og gullet var i ferd med å glippe. Tora Berger went out with start number two, and hit a bull's eye the first nineteen targets. On the last round there was on the other hand one miss, and the gold was finally won.
http://www.aftenposten.no/nyheter/sport/ol/article3525420.ece
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Mighty Hiker
climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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Feb 18, 2010 - 05:11pm PT
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A headline in the Guardian:
Vancouver Games continue downhill slide from disaster to calamity
It is hard to believe anything will surpass the organisational chaos and naked commercial greed of the 1996 Summer Games in Atlanta or the financial disaster of the 1976 Games, which bankrupted Montreal, yet with every passing day the sense of drift and nervousness about the Vancouver Games grows ever more noticeable.
And so forth. The English press is nothing if not contrarian and hyperbolic, but like most boomerangs, this one may come back at them - the 2012 Olympics are in London.
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blahblah
Gym climber
Boulder
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Feb 18, 2010 - 05:19pm PT
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^ ^ ^
I don't get it, what's wrong with the games? Some weather problems, so what?
Are there problems occurring that aren't being reported on NBC? I've followed the games half way closely, and except for the luge death, everything seems fine.
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hafilax
Trad climber
East Van
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Feb 18, 2010 - 05:55pm PT
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3rd gold for Canada: Christine Nesbitt in the 1000m women's long track speed skating by 0.02s!
They tried to use more environmentally friendly surfacing machines for the olympic oval but they're obviously not nearly as reliable as the tried and true zambonis.
The women's downhill was frightening yesterday. The super combined went much better today.
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Mighty Hiker
climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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Feb 18, 2010 - 11:45pm PT
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Armies always march on their stomachs. The Norwegians take their bread very seriously, and get quite passionate about it. So they brought in some bakers, and are using a bakery in Squamish (half way from Vancouver to Whistler) during the Olympics, to make bread. About 120 loaves a day.
We're talking about a rich dark bread--rye, oats and barley combined in the same loaf -- that not only sticks to the ribs but provides an added reason to get up in the morning. Four different types of loaves are baked daily to give Norwegian Olympians that added energy boost. - Amund Skrutvold
Best of all, an inside source has gotten me a loaf!
There are some good boutique bakeries in Vancouver and Squamish, but I guess they wanted it to be Goldilocks bread - just right.
http://www.vancouversun.com/sports/2010wintergames/Norwegian+bakers+cook+healthy+Squamish+loaf/2569669/story.html
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WBraun
climber
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Feb 18, 2010 - 11:47pm PT
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All this nationalistic bullsh'it don't do sh'it.
Only the results mean anything all the rest is just talking smack and a total waste ......
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Mighty Hiker
climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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Feb 18, 2010 - 11:50pm PT
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Werner, have some (Norwegian) bread. It's good for you.
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Chaz
Trad climber
greater Boss Angeles area
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Feb 19, 2010 - 12:01am PT
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It could be worse.
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Chief
climber
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Feb 19, 2010 - 01:49am PT
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Took a stroll from Kits through downtown this evening with Ms. Chief and the hound, caught Sid the Kid's winning goal in the shootout. Robson Street and the Granville Mall was teeming with happy humans and the city's never looked more beautiful. Couldn't have enjoyed ourselves more.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
Monrovia, CA
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Feb 19, 2010 - 01:56am PT
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However could it have come down to a blooming shootout with
the Swiss? Looking past 'em a tad perhaps? Good thing you
have Brodeur.
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reddirt
climber
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Feb 19, 2010 - 11:58am PT
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How 'bout some co-nationalistic sh'it
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFbY4w2r2c4
Live taping of the Colbert Show in Vancouver. Michael Buble and Colbert sing the American anthem with Canadian anthems lyrics.
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pc
climber
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Feb 19, 2010 - 12:03pm PT
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Nice one Red. We could do worse than be absorbed by the Canooks. ;) eh?
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klk
Trad climber
cali
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Feb 19, 2010 - 12:21pm PT
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i used to live in kits beach.
for all the headache it must be to get out of town now, i think it'd be amazing to be in town for the olympics. sorry to miss it, actually.
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Mighty Hiker
climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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Feb 19, 2010 - 12:39pm PT
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Yeah, people have been creating balanced rocks at English Bay for years and years, some of which look something like inukshuks or trolls. Since long before the Olympics. The balanced ones are a finicky art form, given the dynamics.
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Mighty Hiker
climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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Feb 19, 2010 - 02:33pm PT
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Environment Canada's Whistler forecast:
Issued : 11.00 AM PST Friday 19 February 2010
Today: Sunny. High 7. Tonight A few clouds. Low minus 5.
Saturday: Sunny. High 7.
Sunday: Sunny. Low minus 5. High 7.
Monday: A mix of sun and cloud. Low minus 3. High 8.
Tuesday: Cloudy with 40 percent chance of flurries or rain showers. Low minus 1. High plus 5.
Wednesday: Cloudy with 60 percent chance of flurries or rain showers. Low minus 1. High plus 5.
Thursday: Flurries or rain showers. Low minus 2. High plus 4.
And, to brighten up everyone's day:
You could even play chess on them.
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aldude
climber
Monument Manor
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Feb 19, 2010 - 04:01pm PT
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"figure skating without the quad is just ice dancing" ...E. Plushenko !!
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