Sochi2014 Organizers stockpiled Two Year's worth of snow in the woods above the event slopes under thermal blankets.
BBC Buisness interviewed the artificial/stockpiled snow contractor, Snow Secure. It's an interesting listen.
Closing the circle next week at Sochi, Olympic Medals awarded on February 15th will include pieces of the Chelyabinsk Meteor that slammed into Russia's Southern Urals last year on February 15th.
This big rock hit during my hookey playing from this blog, but it held my rapt attention at the time.
For my money it had everything...Astronomy, Russian Dash-Cams, viral video...what's not to like?
PBS's NOVA did a show this fall on hunting the pieces of the space rock. 'Meteor Strike' can be streamed free online.
These things always remind me of Easter Egg Hunts. Remember the California Foothills meteor that hit in 2012? The Chelyabinsk Meteor Hunters did not employ a Zeppelin like NASA did in the Foothills Meteor Hunt.
Thursday night I watched some Sochi2014...Men's Snowboard SlopeStyle the new-to-the-Olympics event. I agree with 2-Time Snowboard Half-Pipe Gold Medalist Shawn White, that course is a little Extreme...or Dangerous as White called it. White, who got banged-up during SlopeStyle practice this week, withdrew from the SlopeStyle event to focus on the Half-Pipe.
I think I saw some Grooming Machines parked off the adjacent trail to the SlopeStyle Course...I'll keep an eye peeled...
Meanwhile...
A different kind of Sochi2014 Up & Down...
6'-9" Hockey Player Zdeno Chara towers over 4'-11" Skater Kristen Moore-Towers
I'm in town all week, Folks!
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