In our last post to this blog, I talked about how Cory's feet became very cold very quickly in his new Atomic RT Ti 100's, and how we were fortunate to find Greg at Snowcovers to help us out.
We were back on Whistler-Blackcomb yesterday, and even though it wasn't as cold this time as last week, Cory's feet still did get cold (though Greg's suggestion of placing a hand warmer rolled up inside Cory's long underwear just above his boot did help). So Cory decided that we would return to Snowcovers the next day and buy one of the boot warmer systems.
Now this is where this story takes a very heart (and foot!) warming turn. While we were at Whistler, Greg visited this blog (he left a comment on the December 10 post) and read more about Cory's dream. He then talked to his boss, Kim, at Snowcovers, and together they decided to do something very special for Cory. So as we were driving back home, Cory's mum called him on his cell phone to tell him that Greg had called and wanted us to drop by Snowcovers on our way home.
And when we got to Snowcovers, Greg was there to tell us that Snowcovers will be donating one of their boot-warming systems to Cory! So we spent the next hour or so with Greg while he installed the system into Cory's boots. We now are actually looking forward to another cold day just so we can put that system to work!
The system is called the "Liionpack Thermicontrol System" by Therm-ic. It consists of two rechargeable power packs that clip onto Cory's boots, with a short cable running into the boot and to a special insole with a heating element on the bottom of the insole. It even includes a wireless remote to increase or decrease the temperature.
Here's a link to the Therm-ic website if you'd like to know more:
http://www.therm-ic.com/index.php?id=148&no_cache=1&L=1&vergleich=184&mit=315
So a very grateful thank you from Cory and me to Greg and Kim at Snowcovers Vancouver, two special additions to "Cory's Benefactors".
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The story of a 35-year-old man with autism and a passion for ski racing, and his dream-come-true of representing Canada at Special Olympics World Winter Games. In 2020, Cory qualified for Team Canada and was due to compete at the World Winter Games in Russia in January 2023. Those Games were cancelled. Cory then had to restart the 3 year qualification process which culminated at the 2024 National Winter Games where Cory qualified for the next World Winter Games in Italy in 2025.
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