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Show If v r Wednesday, February 11, 1976 Peg 8 Park City Downhill Results 1 n .i . V) 1 f T ft9 . ' '. '.' t ..." A ' Ryin)dlyp !i 1 1 . i 1 i v .4 by Jim Miller Park West Ski Touring Instructor I have just returned from an excellent, week-long week-long avalanche course held in Silverton, Colorado, tt was specially geared for ski touring guides and back country travel, taught by ski tourers and snow rangers from all over the West. Most of my previous experiences have dealth with avalanCe theory, control work and rescue within a ski area's boundary so this practical course dealing with backcountry travel was a welcome addition to my previous training. Silverton is an incredible place river 120 avalanche paths cross the road leading to this high Alpine town a natural place to study snowpack and avalanche conditions. They picked a good area for research. I must say that it was great to get away from the Alpine skiing atmbsphere of Park City to the more comfortable, com-fortable, slow-down pace of a ski touring town. For a change, my clothing, ideas and ski equipment fit right in with the rest of the group instead of being an oddball among a world of plastic and nylon. Nice to be among friends ... While I'm on avalanche courses, Bob Kassow, director of X-C skiing at the Resort, will conduct what looks to be a very fine introduction to avalanche awareness for the ski tourist. Anyone . traveling in the back country without at least some exposure to basic avalanche knowledge, ' can be compared to the foolishness of driving down Parley's blindfolded. The clinic will consist of a Friday night indoor session covering. theory , physics ' and route selection. Saturday and Sunday will follow With a two-day overnight ski tour into the Shadow Lake area. I think this practical part of the clinic will be the best part to see how an experienced leader reacts to terrain problems. The textbook for the course will be Wilderness Skiing by Steck and Tejada Flores, two old Sierra skiers.. Time and dates are Feb. 13-15, with the Feb. 13 lecture held at the silver King Lodge rear building at 6:30 p.m. cost is $15.00 (you must buy the textbook). The kind of terrain Bob skis and the fact he is still alive are good testimony to his mountain sense. At the Park West touring center, we are making use of avalanche beepers for our powder tours under the trademark name of Pieps. They are simply an electronic transmitter that sends out a constant signal to would-be rescuers of an avalanche victim. They are about the size of a small paperback book (pocket size) and have a battery life span of 700 hours. Each man carries one, turned on to transmit. If an accident occurs, all survivors switch their Pieps to "receive" and a systematic search is accomplished by zeroing in on the beeping signal transmitting from the buried Pieps. Practicing with these devices, we could locate and dig out a "victim" in less than 10 minutes. Because of the very serious nature of avalanches and the need for rapid location and rescue of victims, I feel very strongly that these devices have a role to play with backcountry powder skiers. We will rent these devices at $3.00 per day, and give you a thorough rescue procedure and practice session. Even if you don't plan to ever leave the Park City Golf Course, come on in and take a look at them and see how they work. I . think you'll agree with me, they could make the difference between finding your friend alive or dead. PEE WEE GIRLS Finish Name Club Time 1 Denise Coombs NV 56:37 2 Robin Murray SB 57:24 3 Nancy Donner SB 59:36 4 Wendy Becker PC 82:49 PEE WEE BOYS Finish Name Club Time i 1 . Wendell Smith NV 53:18 ' 2 Chris Greer sb 54:20 3 Jeff McGilvery PC 54:38 9 Greg Tesoro PC 76:61 NOVICE GIRLS Finish v Name Club Time 1 Sondra VonErt SB 70:73 2 Kathy Blair NV 71:90 3 Jane Lyman SB 73:35 5 Julie Buck PC 92:15 NOVICE BOYS , Finish Name Club Time ; 1 Greg Melcher SB 62:67 2 Brent Penrod NV 63:02 3 Peter Donner SB 64:66 7 Marco Alvarez PC 66:10 11 Matias Alvarez PC 67:10 12 Rob.ert Ayers PC 67:12 14 Shawn Hazelrigg PC 67:75 15 John Creer PC 68:00 19 Brigham Gibbs PC 69.: 64 ,21 Peter Robison PC 70:29 30 James Anderson PC 80:60 INTERMEDIATE GIRLS Finish '. Name Club Time 1 Karri Hays PC, 66:91 2 Susie Robinson PC 67:39 3 Alana Soares PC 67:90 4 Jody Robinson PC 68:84 6 , Catherine Kirby PC 69:54 7 Cindy Cork PC 70:11 9 Donna Stevens PC 71:00 INTERMEDIATE BOYS Finish 1 2 4 6 11 12T 13 19 Finish 1 2 3 7 . Name ' Brad Marden Sean Carson Ryan Archuleta - Br jan Hollander Ken Stevens John Thomas Scott Beck Craig Hansen SENIOR B MEN Name v Dave Livermore Tim Loring , Frank Demko Jim Lanford Club PC PC SB PC PC PC PC PC Club Time 58:29 61:42 SB 62:15 PC 63:81 PC PC By Bill Roland U.S. MAKING BEST SHOWING EVER Led by tremendously competitive speed skater Sheila Young, the United States Olympic team has surprised critics and currently ranks third in total medals at the XII Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria. Sheila is the first American to win three medals at a Winter Olympics and in three days established herself as a world-class athlete. On the first full day of competition, Miss Young captured a silver medal in the 1500 meter race which was supposedly her weakest event. Friday morning, in the Austrian fog, she set an Olympic record for 500 meters, covering the distance in 42.76 seconds and earning a gold medal. ' a . .. , Late Saturday afternoon, Sheila skated to a bronze medal in the women's 1,000 meter race, close behind teammate Leah Poulos who won the silver medal in the same race. Sheila Young had another moment of glory Sunday night when she received a bronze medal for her finish in the 1000 meters on Saturday. She posed proudly with all three medals the first American ever to win that many in one Winter Gaines. Elsewhere, there were additional surprises for the U S. Team Bob Koch, an unheralded 20-year-old New Englander, became the youngest man ever to win an Olympic silver medal in the 30-kilometer (18.6 miles) ski race. He had hoped only to finish in the top 10, but instead, he won for the U.S. its first medal ever in the Nordic competition which includes cross-country skiing and ski jumping. "I knew during the whole race I was fourth or fifth, but I didn't know I'd be second," Bill explained ex-plained afterwards. "I ran very fast in the last 10 kilometers. My muscles were cramping but I said "You've got to make it in. This makes me very excited. I hope the American people are excited, too." n the dangerous and exciting women's downhill, Cindy Nelson, a gutsy 20-year-old from, MV4uantn flachnt Hnmn tha ni!U an't turn tVt)t1ii Z' I' ,icD6rseto finish third andglve America its 'sixth medal. The race was won by Rosi Mittermaier of West Germany who have never won a downhill in 100 attempts. " .. . Miss Nelson had fallen in five of her eight practice runs but stayed on her boards when it counted. "I'm happy with the bronze medal, but I hope to get a silver or gold before I leave Innsbruck," Time 60:06 61:62 61:89 71:93 62:67 62:73 62:75 63:52 today and the giant slalom Friday, and has medal chances in each. Monday evening the U.S. won its seventh medal when Colleen O'Connor and her partner, Jim Mullins captured the bronze medal in ice dancing. In other events, Franz Klammer, the 22-year-old charger competing for the host country, won the downhill but it wasn't exactly a piece of cake. He went into a dangerous deep crouch late in the race in an attempt to overcome early difficulties and a poor intermediate time. The "frog style" crouch he took is most dangerous because the racer has less control over his skis. ; "I had to concentrate on staying in the hunched hun-ched position and not making any mistakes. I had a lot of trouble along the whole course. I thought I was going to crash all along the way. I was either going to fall on my face or win. I didn't know I had won until I heard the crowd scream." Those are the words from a young man who was definitely "going for it." After five days of competition, the U.S; team has much to be proud of and hopefully will capture a few more medals. Johnny Miller Storms to Victory in Hope Classic It seems that every now and then Johnny Miller gets so hot on a golf course that his fellow competitors and spectators alike become dumb- dounded by his accomplishments. Such was the ; case Sunday as Miller fired a nine-under-par round of 63 and stormed to a three-stroke victory in the Bob Hope Classic. Miller successfully defended his title in this five daV, io-Ole' tburnament with a 344 total;' 16 !il n&'rW rain and cold to become the ninth man in golfing history to go past $1 million in career earnings. AJ. Foyt Wins Pole For Sunday's Daytona 500 A.J. Foyt, known to many as "one tough Texan" proved to be just that as he turned in the fastest qualifying time for next Sunday's Daytona 500 stock car race. Pat Roclrford Memorial Downhill Results Jackson Hole,Wyo. Cindy said. She also is entered in the slalom race W won. i- , VvT victorious in the Indianapolis 500 on three oc- N, casions. .' Did You Know? ; The highest altitude ever skied was recorded by Yuichico Muira of Japan. On May 6, 1970, he skied 1.6 miles down Mt. Everest starting from an elevation of 26,200 feet. He reached a peak speed of 93.6 mph. . Expert Boys Place 1 2 3 . 4 5 6 7 8 Downhill, Feb. 7, 1976 Name T.J.Armengol -Bengi Walker Nick Maricich Mark Brower Bret Gorder John Donner Steve Urie Scott Mackey Downhill, Feb. 8, 1976. Expert A Girls 1 2 3 5 6 12 Lori Hazen Christy Swanner Doni Waldman Roxanne Toly Vicki Beck Carolyn Wilson Time Club 90.82 PC 91.58 SV 91.68 SV 92.46 PC 93.23 PC 93.29 PC 93.40 PC 93.60 PC 96.17 SV 96.35 SV 96.46 PC 98.05 PC 98.71 PC 103.61 PC Expert Boys Place Name Time club 1, Nick Mariciche 87.88 SV 2 T.J. Armengol 89.83 PC 3 Mark Brower 89.93 PC 4 John Donner 90 38 pg 7 ; Steve Urie 91.55 PC 8 Russel Randle 91.77 PC (Louie Leatham in his first expert race placed 38th with a 100.94). Expert Girls 1 2. 3 -; 4-; - ; 6i Lori Hazen Christy Swanner, Doni Waldman Roxanne Toly Vicki Beck 96.65 . 96.99 97.99 98.46 100.00 SV SV PC PC PC NEW SHIPMENT OF POWDERHORN AND UPHILL DOWN 60-40 COATS AVAILABLE SALE ON MT 10 CLIMBING BOOTS faBiWms" 649-9123 1240 PARK AVENUE ehmrant r fV2 1'trk Itwiui', I'ark ,ily tJnf to the. Ski . tn ' The Most Elegant CONTINENTAL CUISINE LIQUOR AND WINE STORE ON PREMISES BANQUET AND RECEPTION FACILITIES FREE SHUTTLE SERVICE TO AND FROM THE RESTAURANT Open Every Nigh ; 5:oo p.m. H:00 p.m. :! x Yourkoin: Ali and Jennifer Manteghi : ' V Salt Palace Schedule Feb. 12 - CHL Hockey - S.L. Golden Eagles vs. Tulsa, Arena. Feb. 14 - Russian Acrobats Exhibition, Admission, Ad-mission, $4, $5, $6, Arena. Feb. 16 - CHL Hockey - S.L. Golden Eagles vs. Tucson, Arena. Feb. 18 - CHL Hockey - S.L. Golden Eagles vs. Tucson, arena. Feb. 20 - Professional Track and Field Meet, Admission, $3.50, $5, $6, arena. 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