Arrival in Vancouver
Beautiful scenery along the road to Whistler
Sunset in Whistler
The ski jump - these guys are amazing!
Broadcast crews setting up
Now that's steep, that's what I'll be working on during the Olympics!
The Olympic rings
The outrun and stadium for the Ski Jump
One of the work crews on the hill.
Looking out from Callaghan Valley
More broadcast workers. Setting up a microphone under the jump. The microphone will pick up the whoosh and sound of the skier as they pass overhead.
120 Metre Jump on the left and the 90 metre jump on the right.
The practice run. Set up to replicate the landing area and test the snow.
The landing crew supervisor Nelson and team.
Some forerunners getting set to test the jump.
These guys just skied down the hill like it was nothing.
One of the forerunners getting set to jump.
The relaxation hut for the crew.
More runners getting set to go.
They raise and lower the bars that they're sitting on depending on the speed of the snow and wind up the hill. The more speed they have the lower they start them.
Flying!
More flying!
As the ski jumper lifts off, you can actually hear the wind below them. I have so much respect for these jumpers.
At the cross country ski venue. Only a half kilometre from the Ski Jumping.
Perfectly groomed tracks by Dirk Van Wijk and crew.
The tracks are very granular. It was mild the day before and froze overnight.
Callaghan Valley and the xc ski stadium.
Athletes on an off day doing some skiing in the stadium area of xc skiing venue.
Security is all over the place. Nice guys but don't mess with them.
Some of the landing area crew smoothing out the landing for the jumpers. You get an idea of the scale of the jump by looking at the crew. Note the Olympic rings on the top of the hill. We're not allowed to get any snow on the rings!
A good view of the two jumps.
Wax testing is going on in earnest for the xc ski teams. Here they have 10 skis to test. Some of the teams put out 20 to 30 skis to test at a time.
Nordic combined skiers. These guys do both the ski jump and race cross country skiing. Canada has one competitor in this event.
Media folks practicing for the medal ceremony. The last guy is Tom McArthy.
In the cross country ski stadium on the finish line.
A couple of other volunteers. These folks are working with the media at the games. They've got a pretty cushy job!
This is a cool shot of the landing crew tamping down snow on the landing hill. They keep this formation so that they cover the width of the hill.
