Tom's Page: My Travels

Ok, so I come here often.

Look at all those people down there. I remember when there used to be a couple of dozen cars in the lot, you ate peanut butter and jelly for lunch and the only awake people you saw were at the base. That was a resort! Can't complain about the new gondolas though.

Going ob!. The lens always makes the slope look shallower than it is. This is the point at which I should explain my place in the skiing hierarchy. It's not at the top. I live in Boston and skiing was something you did for a weekend every few years to feel yuppie-like. This usually involved short trips up 93.

I was tricked to going to a meeting at Novell in March some 11 years ago, never having spent much time west of Jersey, and discovered the Wasatch. I had a hard time skating New England ever since although I manage to get up now and again. Cannon is a good place for the day trip and upper Vermont, like Jay, is good for a longer stay or if I'm returning the long way from New York. As it is I tend to squeeze all my business travel between December and March.

The problem with 3-pointing trips is that you tend to go alone and not push yourself too hard. I have some friends who ski but they don't push me.

A few years ago, Mike, our Cisco guy, was interested in doing some skiing after a meeting so we went to Jackson for a few days on the way home (in the winter the Rockies are always on the way home, regardless of what country you actually flew to, unless it is a country with mountains). Mike forgot to tell me he spent his New Hampshire youth at Loon. Mogul king I am not.

Enter John, from Enterasys. Also from New Hampshire. But he went to school in Colorado. What is it with network sales people skiing me into the ground?


My Travels Utah March, 2002 2003 2001 2000 1998 1997 1996 1994 go skiing next back top		John overlooking the winter paralympics at Snowbasin, March 9, 2002. Ok, so I come here often. Look at all those people down there. I remember when there used to be a couple of dozen cars in the lot, you ate peanut butter and jelly for lunch and the only awake people you saw were at the base. That was a resort! Can't complain about the new gondolas though. Trying to find the right spot to drop in. Are we in Wyoming yet? Going ob!. The lens always makes the slope look shallower than it is. This is the point at which I should explain my place in the skiing hierarchy. It's not at the top. I live in Boston and skiing was something you did for a weekend every few years to feel yuppie-like. This usually involved short trips up 93. I was tricked to going to a meeting at Novell in March some 11 years ago, never having spent much time west of Jersey, and discovered the Wasatch. I had a hard time skating New England ever since although I manage to get up now and again. Cannon is a good place for the day trip and upper Vermont, like Jay, is good for a longer stay or if I'm returning the long way from New York. As it is I tend to squeeze all my business travel between December and March. The problem with 3-pointing trips is that you tend to go alone and not push yourself too hard. I have some friends who ski but they don't push me. A few years ago, Mike, our Cisco guy, was interested in doing some skiing after a meeting so we went to Jackson for a few days on the way home (in the winter the Rockies are always on the way home, regardless of what country you actually flew to, unless it is a country with mountains). Mike forgot to tell me he spent his New Hampshire youth at Loon. Mogul king I am not. Enter John, from Enterasys. Also from New Hampshire. But he went to school in Colorado. What is it with network sales people skiing me into the ground? Charlie from umass telemarking down. Charlie and his wife Melinda joined us on this trip. The larger group didn't make it any easier for me. When Charlie got home he ran Boston. I was a tired puppy when I got home. Happy John. But it was good. Really good. Can't beat this snow. John seems to agree. Time for some Polygamy Porters. Next year, I'll be more ready.