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| Never in a million years |
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Our last morning in Garmisch Mom, Dad, and I parked at the Olympic stadium and took a walk along the river. We were all shocked by the ski jump--it's height, and steepness simply do not transfer to the television screen. Most of the morning the top of the jump was obscured by clouds, and this shot was taken from some distance away so the scale is all off. Even the landing zone is practically vertical. Seriously, ski jumpers have to be some sort of insane to even attempt that jump.
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| Mom: It DOES NOT look that steep on TV |
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| The closest any of us will get to trying ski jumping |
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Mom and Dad's week in Germany turned out the be the nicest weather we've had in months. Mom would turn to me and tell me (sarcastically) how much the rain was getting her down. We had sunshine for the ENTIRE week, until their last morning when we had fog and frost on the fields. Since they left to go back to sunny CA we've had clouds and rain, which is much more typical for this time of year. We're so glad we got to have a fun visit with the gross mutter and gross vater!
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We visited the Olympic park in Park City and stood at the top of a similar ski jump and I had the same sentiment: How do you look down on that and push off willingly? (My personal answer: YOU DON'T!!! EVER!) My other question is, how do these people train for that and even BEGIN to be ready for it?
I do believe Teyve has something to say concerning ski jumpers: "They're either out of their mind, or they're CRAZY!"
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