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+===== Eleanor Bluffs Revisited. =====
-ELEANOR BLUFFS REVISITED.
 by Jim Brown.
 Said Don Matthews "I was out last Sunday on the trip to Eleanor Bluffs. Except we didn't get there.	That's the fourth time now."
-"What's the catch?" I asked.	"The bush grown up a lot?" Then I tried to be consoling, "Never mind, you'll probably make it on the fifth try."
+"What's the catch?" I asked. "The bush grown up a lot?" Then I tried to be consoling, "Never mind, you'll probably make it on the fifth try."
 "Oh, I've been there once, a good while ago. But I've never managed to get back again." Then, answering my first question, "The bush? Yes, I suppose it may be a bit thicker. But the main trouble is lack of persistence. They won't keep on long enough."
 "Ah, well," I said, trying to sound knowledgeable and (what's the "in" word?-) "pragmatic", "Ah, well, when you know you've got to come back the same way, there's a big incentive to call it a day and retreat."
-he agreed, "And when it gets around to one o'clock	It and trailed off.
-I pondered and said, "It's a long time since I.was out along that ridge."
+"Yes," he agreed, "And when it gets around to one o'clock..." and trailed off.
-"Oh!" exclaimed Don, "and we found a metal plaque on a rock, a sort Of
-memorial to a woman member from another Club. It dated back to 1948, I think."
+I pondered and said, "It's a long time since I was out along that ridge."
-"Maybe that puts a date on my last trip out," I told him. "I don't
-remember any memorial Plates."
+"Oh!" exclaimed Don, "and we found a metal plaque on a rock, a sort of memorial to a woman member from another Club. It dated back to 1948, I think."
-"Not necessarily," with a shake of the head.	"It wasn't in a very obvious place. We just happened to see it."
-After we drifted apart in the Clubroom, I found myself wandering -
+"Maybe that puts a date on my last trip out," I told him. "I don't remember any memorial plates."
-when did I last go out along that ridge east from Cowan to Cole .Trig, Edwards Trig, Cliff Trig and Eleanor Bluffs - and of course Gunyah Bay, the sandy cove
-just south of Gunyah Point? A long time, surely. But there was one trip out there that is indelibly imprinted in my mind, just as "Calais" was said to be engraved on the heart of Queen Mary (the one that preceded Elizabeth I).
+"Not necessarily," with a shake of the head. "It wasn't in a very obvious place. We just happened to see it."
-It was my first walk with the Club after I became a full member. In those deplorable days we used to meet on Friday evenings - the very worst day
-for bushwalkers - and so, after a prospective membership in which I had contrived about twenty Friday night starts, I had to stay in town to front up to the Committee. It was 6th June, 1947, three years to the day after the opening of the Second Front in Europe - not that that has anything to do with it - and as I had to miss a Friday night start, I did my first day walk with the Club on Sunday, 8th June, two-daya after admission to membership.
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-At this length of time a lot of the details escape me. However, I think we went out past the three trig points and dropped down to the Hawkesbury Estuary at Gunyah Bay. On the way back one of the members left her
-- pack behind when we halted briefly at Edwards Trig, and some of us scuttled
+After we drifted apart in the Clubroom, I found myself wandering - when __did__ I last go out along that ridge east from Cowan to Cole Trig, Edwards Trig, Cliff Trig and Eleanor Bluffs - and of course Gunyah Bay, the sandy cove just south of Gunyah Point? A long time, surely. But there was one trip out there that is indelibly imprinted in my mind, just as "Calais" was said to be engraved on the heart of Queen Mary (the one that preceded Elizabeth I).
-back to retrieve it. This didn't really come as a surprise to me - the same member had somehow managed to walk away from a 30 lb. pack at the top of Cascade Spur in the Snowy Mountains just over two months previously.
-In the train on the way home one of the "old hands" (as they seemed to me then) asked me, "Now you've got your badge, I suppose you'll give up
+It was my first walk with the Club after I became a full member. In those deplorable days we used to meet on Friday evenings - the very worst day for bushwalkers - and so, after a prospective membership in which I had contrived about twenty Friday night starts, I had to stay in town to front up to the Committee. It was 6th June, 1947, three years to the day after the opening of the Second Front in Europe - not that that has anything to do with it - and as I had to miss a Friday night start, I did my first day walk with the Club on Sunday, 8th June, two days after admission to membership.
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-walking with the Club?" I replied, firmly but peaceably, I think, that I hoped to go on walking for a couple of years yet. Later I realised that the question was probably asked as a gag: on the same trip was Alex Colley who, as current magazine editor, had been making some critical remarks about "badge hunters" who gained membership of a Club never to be seen again. -I seem to recall that the question was asked with a raised eyebrow in the direction of Alex. I also have a recollection that someone asked Alex if Ie felt that the trip should be graded as a test walk. In fairly typical Colley fashion, he thought and. replied, "I think enough blood was drawn to justify it."
+At this length of time a lot of the details escape me. However, I think we went out past the three trig points and dropped down to the Hawkesbury Estuary at Gunyah Bay. On the way back one of the members left her pack behind when we halted briefly at Edwards Trig, and some of us scuttled back to retrieve it. This didn't really come as a surprise to me - the same member had somehow managed to walk away from a 30 lb. pack at the top of Cascade Spur in the Snowy Mountains just over two months previously.
-I think it must have been two or three years later that I conducted an Instructional Weekend at Gunyah Bay, going out with weekend packs on the Paturday afternoon and returning on the Sunday with some practice in bush navigation for the prospectives present. Two memories remain from that weekend. In one disgraceful episode one of the cooking fires "got away" in grassy growth behind the sand dune. Our fresh water had been brought with considerable effort from the small, almost dry gully behind the beach, and there was a patent reluctance to toss the contents of the water buckets on to the conflagration. Finally the blaze was put out without much damage, apart from the leader's equilibrium, and the last embers were thoroughly quenched with sea water.
-	The other incident of the weekend was a protracted discussion around the Saturday night camp-fire, describing how muddy water could be purified
+In the train on the way home one of the "old hands" (as they seemed to me then) asked me, "Now you've got your badge, I suppose you'll give up walking with the Club?" I replied, firmly but peaceably, I think, that I hoped to go on walking for a couple of years yet. Later I realised that the question was probably asked as a gag: on the same trip was Alex Colley who, as current magazine editor, had been making some critical remarks about "badge hunters" who gained membership of a Club never to be seen again. I seem to recall that the question was asked with a raised eyebrow in the direction of Alex. I also have a recollection that someone asked Alex if he felt that the trip should be graded as a test walk. In fairly typical Colley fashion, he thought and replied, "I think enough blood was drawn to justify it."
-by straining it through the legs of a pair of drill trousers. Unfortunately, the water under notice must have been very dirty, so that it had to be Strained several times, and the process was explained in infinite detail. After this we woke up the pro spectives to tell them that muddy water was quite O.K. for extinguishing bush fires - you didn't have to strain it first.
-Do you know, I can't recall having gone out along that Gunyah Bay ridge
+I think it must have been two or three years later that I conducted an Instructional Weekend at Gunyah Bay, going out with weekend packs on the Saturday afternoon and returning on the Sunday with some practice in bush navigation for the prospectives present. Two memories remain from that weekend. In one disgraceful episode one of the cooking fires "got away" in grassy growth behind the sand dune. Our fresh water had been brought with considerable effort from the small, almost dry gully behind the beach, and there was a patent reluctance to toss the contents of the water buckets on to the conflagration. Finally the blaze was put out without much damage, apart from the leader's equilibrium, and the last embers were thoroughly quenched with sea water.
-since that time. Except that, having remembered all this, I did go out there on 10th June this year - - the nearest date I could manage to the original 8th June journey 35 years before.
-No, Don, I didn't get to Eleanor Bluffs this time.either.	In fact,
+The other incident of the weekend was a protracted discussion around the Saturday night camp-fire, describing how muddy water could be purified by straining it through the legs of a pair of drill trousers. Unfortunately, the water under notice must have been very dirty, so that it had to be strained several times, and the process was explained in infinite detail. After this we woke up the prospectives to tell them that muddy water was quite O.K. for extinguishing bush fires - you didn't have to strain it first.
-I didn't get quite as far as Edwards Trig. But then, I started from Cowan at 10.0 am and I wanted to be back early that afternoon.
-The bush is somewhat grown. up, Don. At least, I think so. Maybe it's just anno domini, which makes the contours get,closer together and the rivers get colder. Anyway, as I had the foresight to say, "When you know
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-you've got to come back the same way	r/
+Do you know, I can't recall having gone out along that Gunyah Bay ridge since that time. Except that, having remembered all this, I did go out there on 10th June this year - the nearest date I could manage to the original 8th June journey 35 years before.
+No, Don, I didn't get to Eleanor Bluffs this time either. In fact, I didn't get quite as far as Edwards Trig. But then, I started from Cowan at 10.0 am and I wanted to be back early that afternoon.
+The bush __is__ somewhat grown up, Don. At least, I think so. Maybe it's just anno domini, which makes the contours get closer together and the rivers get colder. Anyway, as I had the foresight to say, "When you know you've got to come back the same way..."
 Never mind, I'll try again, with more time up my sleeve and perhaps long trousers over my shins. Have no fear, Don, like Brideshead, Eleanor Bluffs WILL BE REVISITED.
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-Page 13	THE SYDNEY BUSHWALKER	August, 1982.
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-SKIING - AUSTRALIA AND U.S..A.
-.	by Dcrothy Stitt.
+===== Skiing - Australia And U.S.A. =====
-The Skiing Season 1982!L? April brought the first snowfalls of the
--
+by Dcrothy Stitt.
-year - a promise of greater things to come? A little more in May and 'a
-little less in early June, with almost drought conditions by the end of the month.
+The Skiing Season 1982!!? April brought the first snowfalls of the year - a promise of greater things to come? A little more in May and a little less in early June, with almost drought conditions by the end of the month.
-.Having made. the usual Kandahar Lodge bookings some months before, Bill
-Burke with the ufirst week in July" mob in tow, arrived in Perisher Valley to find conditions somewhat less than ideal for skiing. Perhaps it would be possible to do a bit of crosscountry skiing? Saturday afternoon was spent testing non-waxed and waxed skis (some purists among us) by walking, or rather picking our way, up Back Perisher and stumbling down again, more greenery than snow. With a party comprising Don Finch, Bob Hodgson, Phil Butt, Barry Wallace, Jim Vatiliotis, George Gray, Denise Dalton, two Rostrons, two Stitts, Uncle .Tom Cobbly and all, it was obvious we would seek greener pastures or preferably whiter slopes. Our crafty leader had honourably sustained a slightly sprained ankle BEFORE leaving Sydney, and was heard to murmur,
+Having made the usual Kandahar Lodge bookings some months before, Bill Burke with the "first week in July" mob in tow, arrived in Perisher Valley to find conditions somewhat less than ideal for skiing. Perhaps it would be possible to do a bit of crosscountry skiing? Saturday afternoon was spent testing non-waxed and waxed skis (some purists among us) by walking, or rather picking our way, up Back Perisher and stumbling down again, more greenery than snow. With a party comprising Don Finch, Bob Hodgson, Phil Butt, Barry Wallace, Jim Vatiliotis, George Gray, Denise Dalton, two Rostrons, two Stitts, Uncle Tom Cobbly and all, it was obvious we would seek greener pastures or preferably whiter slopes. Our crafty leader had honourably sustained a slightly sprained ankle BEFORE leaving Sydney, and was heard to murmur, "Someone up there must love me, providing a reason to be inactive and so not cranky about the lack of snow!"
-"Someone up there must love me, providing a reason to be inactive and_sp:, not
-cranky about the lack of snow!" .
+A sunny Sunday morning, clear blue sky, transport to Charlotte Pass, and we were away to a flying start, on snow, up the summit road. Our party had grown to 15 with the addition of Di and Ian Chung, Tim Henderson and Michael Palmer, all from Technology Lodge. Leaving the road short of the saddle below Seaman's Hut we had a gentle run and climb to Mt. Clarke, and then on to the base of Mt. Northcote. Lunch was quickly consumed as the temperature did not invite lingering. Without more ado we climbed to the summit of Northcote and headed along the way of the ridge top trail with turns being practised on the run towards Mt. Lee. There were turns intentional and otherwise - some even Telemarks! Finally we all congregated at the trig on Mt. Carruthers - took photos, admired the beauty of the Main Range, watched the clouds rising in billows from Lady Northcote's Canyon and then turned our attention to the aim of the day. That long, gentle, beautiful run down Carruthers to the Snowy.	It was all of that, only the last kilometre or less was a bit bushyand grassy and necessitated some quick manoeuvres to avoid disaster. Jim had an argument with a rock, and didn't win. In fact, we did not have to remove skis until we had crossed the Snowy below Charlotte Pass.
-A sunny Sunday morning, clear blue sky, transport to Charlotte Pass, and we were away to a flying start, on snow, up the summit road. Our party had grown to 15 with the addition of Di and Ian Chung, Tim Henderson and Michael Palmer, all from Technology Lodge. Leaving the road short of the saddle below Seaman's Hut we had a gentle run and climb to Mt. Clarke, and then on to the base of Mt. Northcote. Lunch was quickly consumed as the temperature aid not invite lingering. Without more ado we climbed to the summit of Northcote and headed along the way of the ridge top trail with turns being practised on the run towards Mt. Lee. There were turns intentional and otherwise - some even Telemarks! Finally we all congregated at the trig on Mt. Carruthers - took photos, admired the beauty of the-Main Range, watched the clouds rising in billows from Lady Northcote's Canyon and then turned our attention to the aim of the day. That long, gentle, beautiful run down Carruthers to the Snowy.	It was all of that, only the last kilometre. or less Was a bit bushy'and grassy and necessitated some quick manoeuvres to avoid disaster. Jim had an argument with a rock, and didn't win. In fact, we did not have to remove skis until we had crossed the Snowy below Charlotte Pass.
-The weather continued fine and clear for another 24 hours and the slopes became browner. Today is Tuesday 6th July, we sit and wait for the lightly falling snow to increase in quality and quantity, hoping for a day or two of :downhilling before the week's end. This seems an appropriate time to tell of other skiing experiences further afield. As you are probably aware,the Duncans - Bob and Rosslyn with children alma and Michael - are spending 12' months in Boulder, Colorado, U.S.A. Corresponding with Rosslyn since their arrival in Boulder last October, I have been regaled with descriptions of seemingly endless skiing trips, which you might like to read about:-
+The weather continued fine and clear for another 24 hours and the slopes became browner. Today is Tuesday 6th July, we sit and wait for the lightly falling snow to increase in quality and quantity, hoping for a day or two of downhilling before the week's end. This seems an appropriate time to tell of other skiing experiences further afield. As you are probably aware, the Duncans - Bob and Rosslyn with children Emma and Michael - are spending 12 months in Boulder, Colorado, U.S.A. Corresponding with Rosslyn since their arrival in Boulder last October, I have been regaled with descriptions of seemingly endless skiing trips, which you might like to read about:-
-.11.81 - "Today I went for a bushwalk with a group of women who regularly go walking on Wednesday, and it was a really good day. They are all about my age and a really interesting group. We walked up to about 10,250 ft, there was some snow on the ground, but not much. Last Sunday we went for a drive to case four of the ski areas. There are 26 ski areas within a
-mile range of Boulder. Two of those we visited were operating already -
+__4.11.81__ - "Today I went for a bushwalk with a group of women who regularly go walking on Wednesday, and it was a really good day. They are all about my age and a really interesting group. We walked up to about 10,250 ft, there was some snow on the ground, but not much. Last Sunday we went for a drive to case four of the ski areas. There are 26 ski areas within a 200 mile range of Boulder. Two of those we visited were operating already - they looked really great. The tows start at 10,000 ft. According to the locals it is too early to ski yet, they are waiting for fresh powder!"
-Page 14	THE SYDNEY BUSHWAIKER	August, 1982.
-they looked really great. The tows start at 109000 ft. According to the locals it is too early to ski yet, they are waiting for fresh powder:"
+__20.11.81__ - "I went walking again with the girls last Wednesday, ten of us went. It was cold and windy and we walked in snow all the way. We climbed a thing called Estes Cone, elevation a bit over 10,500 ft. The top was bare of trees and rocky and the wind so strong I thought I'd be blown away. Pretty soon they'll start ski touring, I'm not sure how I'll go at that! We went skiing last weekend to Keystone which is 80 miles from here. There hasn't been much natural snow there yet, so the snow we were skiing was mostly artificial. The elevation at the base of the lower of the two chair lifts we went on was 9,300 ft, and the top of the higher one was at 11,600 ft. The adult lift tickets should have been $18/day, but we paid $9 using discount coupons which apply to off-season times. Otherwise you can get discounts by buying your lift tickets at a local supermarket in Boulder. The queue system was incredibly good - no queue jumping and the wait never more than 6 minutes, mostly much less. The longest run at Keystone is 2 1/2 miles."
-.11.81 - "I went walking again with the girls last Wednesday, ten of us ient. . It was cold and windy and we walked in snow all the way. We clipted ta thing called Estes Cone, elevation a bit over 10,500 ft. The top was "bare pf trees and rocky and the wind so strong I thought I'd be blown away. Pretty 'Soon they'll start ski touring, I'm not sure how I'll go at that	We went
-Skiing last weekend to Keystone which is 80 miles from here. There hasntt
+__16.1.82__ - "The weather here hasn't been too bad except for the Chinook (snoweater) winds which gust sometimes to 135 mph - not very pleasant. They are winds that sweep down over the mountains from the west and can be remarkably warm, hence the name. The lowest maximum we've had so far is about 19°F at 7 am today! Last Saturday we went skiing to Eldora and the queues were awful, it was very windy and we were cold. Today at Eldora it was windy again, so much so that the chairlift was closed at 11.30 am. We were having a lovely time as there was fresh snow everywhere and no queues - temperature at the top 16°F - however, we were given four complimentary tickets for use another day!"
-lz,,een much natural snow there yet, so the snow we were skiing was mostly artificial. The elevation at the base of the lower of the two chair lifts we, went .(i)n was 9,300 ft, wad the top of the higher one was at 11,600 ft.	The adult lift tickets should have been $18/day9 but we paid $9 using discount coupons Which apply to off-season times. Otherwise you can get discounts by .buying your lift tickets at a local supermakket in Boulder. The queue system was incredibly good - no queue jumping and the wait never more than 6 minutes, Mostly much less. The longest run at Keystone is 2j miles."
-.1.82 - "The weather here hasn't been too bad except for the Chinook (77177eater) winds which gust sometimes to 135 mph - not very pleasant. They 4re winds that sweep down over the mountains from the west and can be remarkabp warm, hence the name. The lowest maximum we've had so far is about 19 F at 7 am today: Last Saturday we went skiing to Eldora and the queues Were awful, it was very windy and we were cold. Today at Eldora it was windy again, so much so that the chairlift was closed at 11.30 am. We were having 4 lovely time as there was fresh snow everywhere and no queues - temperature at the top 16F - however, we were given four complimentary tickets for use another day:"
+__3.2.82__ - "We are finally getting some real winter weather - the temperature was -1°F at 6 pm. We have been skiing every weekend since our San Diego trip at Christmas. Two weeks ago we went to Copper Mountain - the skiing was superb. It was 0°F at the top of the mountain with a posted warning to "beware of frostbite". We were skiing an intermediate/expert area with a vertical drop of 2,500 ft. It took 20 minutes on two chairlifts to reach the top and 8 minutes of hard skiing to get to the bottom. It was really marvellous. The weekend after next is a four-day long weekend, so we are going to Aspen - it is much too far to go there for the day. There are three mountains to ski there - Snowmass is 12 miles away and the tickets are interchangeable. The area is vast and the vertical drop at all three places is well over 3,000 ft. There is a shuttle bus between the areas and the organisation is really something."
-.2.82- Me are finally getting some real winter weather - the temperature *as -1oF at 6 pm. We have been skiing every weekend since our San Diego trip at Christmas. Two weeks ago we went to Copper Mountain- the skiing 'as superb. It was 0F at the top of the mountain with a posted warning to '!beware of frostbite". We were skiing an intermediate/expert area with ,a vertical drop of 2,500 ft. It took 20 minutes on two chairlifts to reach the top and 8 minutes of hard skiing to get to the bottom. It was really marvellous. The weokend after next is a four-day long weekend, so we are Ooing to Aspen"- it is much too far to go there for the day. There are three 0ountains to ski there - Snowmass is 12 miles away and the tickets are inter- Changeable. The area is vast and the vertical drop at all three places is well over 3,000 ft. There is a shuttle bus between the areas and the organisation is really something."
-	 - "Now to tell you about Aspen. It was just marvellous - if you
+__24.2.82__ - "Now to tell you about Aspen. It was just marvellous - if you come to the States for skiing __that__ is where to go. Four ski areas if you count Buttermilk (a beginner/intermediate area) and we skiied them all. They are all linked by free shuttle buses which run every 15 minutes. We stayed at a very nice hotel at Aspen Highlands, 10 minutes from Aspen Town, with the ski area just across the road. I was a bit nervous about skiing at Aspen because it lists 75% of the areas as most difficult and 25% less difficult - actually it was superb. The most difficult runs are the steeply moguled sections - the rest is beautifully groomed, some steep, some not so, and the tows start right where the town finishes. An old mining town, it is full of lovely Victorian wooden and brick buildings with lots of stained glass, old-fashioned street lamps, horse-drawn sleighs and hansom cabs, and the shops are full of marvellous things. Last Wednesday I went to Winter Park with friends - it was pretty there but the runs were not very long and there were a lot of flat areas which you had to pole across. Last Saturday we went to Arapahoe Basin which is 70-odd miles from here. The top is 12,500 ft and well above the tree line. Again marvellous views. Here there was a great variety of skiing - moguls, groomed slopes, cornices, a long traverse around one wall of the basin before a steep fast run back to the tow. We had discount coupons, so it was only $9 for Bob and me and $5 each for the kids. About the clothing - the advice given is to wear layers of loose clothing in very cold weather. You really do need them too - the down parkas have nice wide sleeves so everything fits easily underneath. The parkas here are much more padded than the ones at home. Two caps make a big difference in really cold weather too. 0°F is a lot different from 0°C!
-come to the States for skiing that is where to go. Four ski areas if you count Buttermilk (a beginner/intermediate area) and we skiied them all. They are all linked by free shuttle buses which run every 15 minutes. We stayed at a very nice hotel at Aspen Highlands, 10 minutes from Aspen Town, with the ski area just across the road. I was a bit nervous about skiing at Aspen because it lists 75% of the areas as most difficult and 25% less difficult - actually it was superb. The most difficult runs are the steeply moguled Sections - the rest is beautifully groomed, some steep, some not so, and the tows start right where the town finishes. An old mining town, it is full of lovely Victorian wooden and brick, buildings with lots of stained glass,
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+__31.3.82__ - "Since I last wrote we have had a weekend at Vail, but Aspen is still far and away our favourite. To appreciate Vail we should have gone there first. We spent the Saturday skiing Vail - it is a very large area so we didn't cover anything like all the runs. These seem to be mostly easy or rather difficult, with not much in between. On Sunday we went to Beaver Creek, a new area 10 miles away and run by the same people as Vail. We liked it a lot better than Vail, but it was bitterly cold. To get to the very top (a rise of 3,340 ft) takes three chair lifts and 40 minutes. By the second time up, Bob had a frost-bitten nose and I was frozen through despite al1 my thick lothes. We came down to the bottom of the topmost lift where there is a restaurant, had lunch and thawed out. That day was far and away the coldest we have had skiing. Vail village is only 20 years old. It has been built after the style of an Austrian village and is very attractive, but to our way of thinking can't compare with a genuine 100-year-old mining town as Aspen is.
-old-fashioned street lamps, horse-drawn sleighs and hansom cabs, and the phops are full of marvellous things. Last Wednesday I went to Tinter Park with friends - it was pretty there but the runs were not very long and there Were a lot of flat areas which you had to pole across. Last Saturday WQ
-went to Arapahoe Basin which is 70-odd miles from here. The top ia 12-j-500 ft and well above the tree line. Again marvellous views.- Here there was 4 great variety of skiing - moguls, groomed slopes, cornices, a long traverse around one wall of the basin before a steep fast run back to the tow. We had discount coupons, so it was only 39 for Bob and me and $5 each for the kids. About the clothing - the advice givari is to wear layers of loose,clothing in
+"Some other skiing items:- At Arapahoe Basin which is the highest skiing area in the U.S.A., there are some very steep runs. There are various signs such as "Warning - unmarked obstacles", but the one I really liked said "Caution - Cliffs!" Needless to say, I didn't go anywhere near there. At another area, Breckenridge, we skiied the steepest slope I've ever been on - fortunately the snow conditions were perfect, no ice, no moguls. A sign at the top had a skull and crossbones and then "Dangerous Terrain - Expert Skiiers Only". Well, down we went and it was great - it was so steep that little snow balls went rolling away from under our skis all the way down and it was a long slope. As for moguls - we found one run at Copper Mountain with the worst mogul slope I've ever been on - 2,000 vertical feet of it.	It is cold enough here for the moguls to get really hard and carved and stay that way. These were wedge-shaped with the lower edges vertical or undercut. The only way to handle them, it seems, is to jump down them, several at a go. Not one of us stayed the course. The ski season ends on llth or 18th April depending on the area - so the season is not that long. Arapahoe Basin being so high sometimes stays open until June."
-very cold weather. You really do need them too - the down parkas have nice wide sleeves so everything fits easily underneath. The parkas here are much
-more padded than the ones at home. Two caps iaks a big difference in really cold weather too. 0 F is a lot different from 0C
+__18.5.82__ - "We go skiing for the last time next_weekand. Last week there was very heavy snow in the mountains and when we went skiing on Saturday there was more snow than there has been all winter. It was very beautiful. It is nowhere near as cold skiing now, in fact much like skiing in Australia. Now we are planning a two-week trip in mid-June to Yellowstone and hopefully across to Seattle - the distances are very great. The long weekend coming up we are going to Dinosaur National Park in the N.W. corner of Colorado. The trees are greening up, everything looks so different now. I went walking last Tuesday with a group from the Y.W.C.A.	It was good to get out again."
-.3.82 - "Since I last wrote we have had a weekend at Vail, but Aspen-is still-far and away our favourite. To appreciate Vail we ahoula have gone there first. We spent the Saturday skiing Vail - it is a very large area so
-we didn't cover anything like all the runs. These seem to be mostly easy or
+__3.6.82__ - We went skiing for the last time on May 23rd, although there is still a lot of snow up there. We have just had a four-day-long weekend in the Black Hills and Badlands of South Dakota. There had been a lot of rain in the previous three weeks so the countryside was incredibly green. There were masses of wild flowers too, including wild irises which are as big as the garden varieties, with narrower petals. We took the obligatory photos of the Presidents' Heads at Mt. Rushmore - actually they are pretty impressive. The scenic drives in that area are quite something. We saw wild buffalo in the Custer State Park near there. Across to the Badlands National Park 80 miles east - this is erosion on a grand scale. Because the grass was so green round about and the eroded parts are striped red, it was very colourful. Next weekend we are leaving for our trip to Yellowstone National Park. We are going to cross the Rockies by the Trail Ridge Road, which was only cleared of snow last weekend. It is above 10,000 ft for abaut 20 miles and is supposed to be one of the most scenic roads in the world. We are really looking forward to it."
-rather difficult, with not much in between. On Sunday we went to Beaver Creek, a new area 10 miles away and run by the same people as Vail. We liked it a
-lot better than Vail, but it was bitterly cold. To get to the very top '(a rise
+By October we will be welcoming the Duncans back to Sydney and look forward to seeing their photos and hearing more stories of their 12 months in the U.S.A.
-of 3,340 ft) takes three chair lifts and 40 minutes. By the second tithe up,
-Bob had a frost-bitten nose and I was frozen through despite ai1"mS7- thick
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-Clothes. We came daan to the bottom of the topmost lift where there is a restaurant, had lunch ana thawed out. That day was far and away the coldest we have had skiing. Vail village is only 20 years old. It has been built after the style of an Austrian village and is very attractive, but to our way of thinking can't compare with a genuine 100-year-old mining toun as Aspen is.
-"Some other skiing items:- At Arapahoe Basin which is the highest skiing area in the U.S.A., there are some very steep runs. There are various
-signs such as "Warning - unmarked obstacles", but the one I really liked said 7Caution - CliffsP Needless to say, I didn't go anywhere near there. At another area, Breckenridge, we skiied the steepest slope I've ever been on - fortunately the snow conditions were perfect, no ice, no moguls. A sign at the top had a skull and crossbones and then "Dangerous Terrain - Expert Skiiers Only". Well, down we went and it was great - it was so steep that little snow balls went rolling away from under our skis all the way down and it was a long slope. As for. moguls - we found one run at Copper Mountain with the worst mogul slope I've ever been on - 2,000 vertical feet of it.	It is cold enough here for the moguls to get really hard and carved and stay that way. These were wedge-shaped with the lower edges vertical or undercut. The only
-way to handle them, it seems, is to jump down them, several at a go. Not one
-of us stayed the course. The_ski_Season ends on llth or 18th April depending on the area - so the season is not that long. Arapahoe Basin being so high sometimes stays open until June."
-.5.82 - "We go skiing for the last time next_weekand. Last week there was-very heavy snow in the mountains and when we went skiing on Saturday there was more snow than there has been all winter. It was very beautiful. It is nowhere near as cold skiing now, in fact much like skiing in Australia.
-Now we are planning a two-week trip in mid-June to Yellowstone and hopefully
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-across to Seattle - the distances are-Very great. The long -weekend coming up we are going to Dinosaur National Park in the N.W. corner of Colorado.
-The trees are greening up, everything looks so different now. I went walking last Tuesday with a group from the Y.W.C.A.	It swas good to get out again."
-	 - ''VTe went skiing for the last time on May 23rd, although there iS still .a lot of snow up there. We have just had a four-day-long weekend in the Black Hills and Badlands of South Dakota. There had been a. lot of rain in the previous three weeks so the countryside was incredibly green. There were masses of wild flowers too, including wild irises which are as big as the garden varieties, with narrower petals. We took the obligatory photos of the Presidents' Heads at Mt. Rushmore - actually they are pretty impressive. The scenic drives in that area are quite something. We saw wild buffalo in the Custer State Park near there. Across to the Badlands National Park 80 miles east - this is erosion on a grand scale. Because the grass was so green round about and the eroded parts are striped red, it was very colourful.' Next weekend we are leaving for our trip to Yellowstone National Park. We are going to cross the Rockies by the Trail Ridge Road, which was only cleared of
-snow last weekend.	It is above 10,000 ft.for.abaut 20 miles and is supposed
-to bo one of the most scenic roads in the world. We are really looking forward to it."
-By October we will be welcoming the Duncans back to Sydney and look. forward to seeing their photos and hearing more stories of their 12 months in the U.S.A.
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 Using colour slides and some dramatic film footage Sir Edmund Hilary