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Show 14 February 1997. Note: We here at the structure. There are no switchbacks on the 3,000- foot climb from TUMBLEWEED: By coincidence, Glen in Nagano Plake was a huge hero in Japan, spending a month there each season doing last been reading about the situation in _ Nagano and we wanted to find out promos for K2. It’s a riot going to dinner with him in a Japanese | restaurant and hearing the breathless shrieks from the young girls .. The Park City Air Force was out in force at the World Championship aerials. Young Joe Pack had a good for ourselves just what was going on. We gave our faithful, but mysterious, reporter TK the WCR It’s a riot going to dinner — _ Platinum Card and sent him over. with him in a Japanese restau- He’s been working the expense account pretty hard, but has finally rant and hearing the breathless filed the following report: Hotel Kokusai = in Nagano up to lizuna Kogen — just week _ a winding mass of concrete known sporting a little. town of asn’t even been in The big decision facing 6 offi -Ken’s Bar, you can watch sion. Miller beer on draft and American The little used to house other small Japanese restaurants. Now, it is a covered — no walkway or mall sporting Visa sponsor banners hanging from the curved roof of the three-block- -long structure. There’s still a good deal of construction going on in Nagano, but part of it. At press time, So while SLOC officials in ‘Salt Lake City breathe a sigh of relief that they still have five years, the lage around the center and a few other venues. The Skiing-wise, (before the games), an hour to Japanese are i . “snow- _ up and running, as is a massive indoor speed skating rink. the petiieash, But when Feb. 7 rolls around, and CBS cameras pan around the city of Nagano, the world will be breathless. The towering peaks will blow you away, especially the spectacular mountains behind the downhill course at Happo-one. CK tick:ii: cked center of Naga engineers have spared no expense in the design of infra- FOR Ss KI SKI ACCESSORIES ~ © Moonstone @ Helly-Hansen ~ @Obermeyer Dag Nils Alf Wear @Smith / Bolle ®Grandoe @Ruesch | @Saranac @Backcountry supplies — Including: @Pieps Transceivers - — HELP WANTED h THE WASATCH GANYON REPORTER IS SEEKING CAREER ORIENTED, MOTIVATED, ORGANIZED PEOPLE| TO SELL DISPLAY ADVERTISING FOR THE FINEST NEWSPAPER IN THE WASATCH. GREAT TERRITORIES AVAILABLE. CALL 801-486-1388 oR? FAX x EMAIL 485-2735 | 80I-486-1839 WASATCH SOFT GOODS media bob and luge and all ski venues board) | out. be a lot better than that recorded Gs. 803 E. 2100 S. Salt Lake City Utah BHl06 it all in all, my impression seemed to Shigakogen Buy ONE sandwich at regular price, get the second for I/2 price — appears that the Japanese will win Japanese are feverishly working on their bullet train (fall), athlete vil- world, _ PARTY TRAYS & Catering Available Japanese officials to stretch it upward, above the treeline, into a | national park. The Japanese want sports on televi- alleyway outside — is i cials, though, is the men’s | downhill. FIS. officials want to avoid the typically mediocre Olympic downhill ..and want bout the come alive. blue what @ like helix. st guidebooks until . gorgeous Mohawk with purple roots. Plake for a night on the — as “The Spiral’ which twists up — changing, though, __ several thousand feet in a vertical enjoy a other fence (he came up smiling). But it was a tough ie for world champ Nikki Stone .. the alleyways behind the lux- C Intro, as did Brian Currutt — than his headfirst plunge through a -Shrieks from the young girls ... 365 DAYS AND COUNTING In - ®@Lifelink Shovels RENTALS PERUVIAN SKI RENTAL Exclusive Black Diamond Telemark Gear | Rentals * Black Diamond Boundary °e Dynastar X& | ¢ Scarpa Terminator 71, T2 e Pitbull and RIVA2 Bindings © Spare parts Carving and Racing Skis Atomic ¢ K2 ¢ Dynastar e Atomic Beta or Mega Carve Dynastar Racing Skis Used Gear For Sale OVERNIGHT TUNES THE FABULOUS ALTA PERUVIAN LODGE FIRST LODGE ON THE RIGHT AS YOU ENTER ALTA AOPRES SKI Come enjoy live music apres ski Sunday and Tuesday nights at the Alta Peruvian Club A Private Club for Members '76761.205@coOmMPUSERVE.COM 801-742-3000 * SLC 328-8589 TT Bd. Wasatch Canyon Reporter have EE vee’ be Sagebrush: The Inside Scoop on Nagano - aya |
