Back to Work

Cory's off to Whistler Blackcomb for 5 days of Giant Slalom training with Rob Boyd and Whistler Mountain Ski Club. As Cory learned on Mount Hood in July 2007, summer race training is hard work. Early starts to get on snow while it's still cold and hard, carrying skis, equipment, food, and water onto the chairlifts, then as many drills and gates as possible until the snow deteriorates around noon, at which time it can get very warm with ski gear on. Then carrying it all back down onto the chairs and a long walk at the bottom back to the condo.

But, then a free afternoon, where there will likely be some biking, certainly some swimming and hot-tubbing, with a beer or two, and it all makes for a very enjoyable and satisfying day.

And some very interesting news from the International Olympic Committee today - they just announced that the 2018 Winter Olympic Games will be held in Pyeongchang, South Korea. And that's where Cory hopes to compete in 2013, in Special Olympics Winter World Games. And that's just why he's headed to Whistler Blackcomb, to improve his racing so that he has the best chance possible to get to Korea, when he competes at the National Games in Jasper next March.

Here's Cory in action last time he did some summer training - Mount Hood, Oregon in July 2007.