| Show V b Hey Culligan Man 1 What's the Scoop v vt r t C Jim Culligan One of the great bonuses of living here in Utah is skiing That feeling of freedom and exhilaration exhilaration exhilaration ex ex- ex- ex that comes when you are schussing down a lightly powdered slope with a good pair of Heads under you and andt t the h e clean air around you is difficult to attain in any other sport Its It's a sport far removed from the dark locker lock lock- er rooms and field houses with no age limit and no tight regulations regulations regulations regu regu- lations and structures just get out there and do your thing Not too long gong ago Paul Pain ArpKe of our student body and I standing at the bottom of the Mount Majestic run at Brighton discussing this very subject We matching the and coming down that last stretch and obviously enjoying those last few seconds of run before they lined up for forthe forthe forthe the lifts again when a ski patrolman patrolman patrolman pa pa- came by towing a ta- ta boggan with an injured skier Being a confirmed I hastened hastened hastened hast hast- ened to see who it was that had come to such a sad state on such a day The patrolman patrol patrol- man carefully unwrapped a ayoung ayoung ayoung young fellow from the protective protective protective tive coverings of the and took him inside the first aid station and I heard him exclaim exclaim exclaim ex ex- ex- ex claim just before he disappeared disappear disappear- ed from view The worst part about getting a broken leg right now is that I just bought a season season season sea sea- son pass that I have been saving saving saving sav sav- ing up all year Skiers as a rule take broken legs with a certain amount of fatalism even complacency Itis It Itis Itis is kind of a white of courage courage courage cour cour- age and although it may be bethe bethe bethe the result of a moments recklessness recklessness recklessness reck reck- other skiers seem to regard the temporarily disabled one with affection and even a little awe Joe Baker flower of the Electronics Electronics Elec Elec- r staff has just taken up skiing or perhaps it were better k r said skiing has taken him up In any case I saw him coming off the slope like something from The Downhill Racer As Ashe Ashe Ashe he approached me I remarked in my drall way Bon Jour Jean JeanClaude JeanClaude JeanClaude Claude I thought you had returned returned returned re re- re- re turned to France He was transformed transformed transformed tran tran- from the working hard-working teacher in the rather musty and sedentary atmosphere of the Electronics department to an outdoor type by the simple act of clamping on his ski and following following following fol fol- fol- fol lowing his son down those frosty frosty frosty fros fros- ty fly ways I am something of an expert on skiing I never miss the skiing skiing skiing ski ski- ing shows on TV I go to see the ski movies that precede each skiing season eason and if I dont don't cut this article short I may get so carried away that I will rent a pair of skis and try it myself God forbid |
