I don’t think I’ve passed along anything useful recently, unless you’re looking to water-harden a bit of steel. More of the same today, but with pictures (click on the thumbnails for bigger versions). Weekends recently have been pretty low-key. Gunnar hasn’t exactly latched onto skiing with any vigor, but he enjoys it for an hour […]

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Somehow I managed to forget that I had my burnisher in my carry-on bag when Larry and I flew back to Vancouver from Calgary after the World Cups. The burnisher is a critical part of the sharpening process for my metal scrapers, and the metal scrapers are a critical part of the flattening process for […]

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Just got the following message from Chris Klebl who is currently in Germany racing the IPC (International Paralympic Committee) World Cup:
> From: Chris Klebl [mailto:XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX)
> Sent: Friday, January 18, 2008 9:19 AM
> To: Zach Caldwell
> Subject: 10k race Germany
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> 1st place.
> Large field
> Tight results
> 902, Q3, star F1 on top
> Nasty, dirty, corn […]

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My computer clock says 1:08 AM. According to my calculations that means it’s 6:08 AM here in London, where I’ve just arrived in transit to Oslo - departing Heathrow in about at hour. Theoretically there will be somebody to meet me in Oslo to drive me to Beitostolen. I should be there mid-afternoon. Perhaps even […]

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