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Good morning and welcome to Summit Up, the world's only daily column that still believes the old adage that you just can't please some folks. We just had some guy storm into the Summit Up Central Corporate Suites and yell at us for not having anything in the paper about Veterans Day Wednesday.
And it's true, we didn't ... UNLESS you count the story about the Rotary troop care packages, two columns on the opinion page, one column in sports and Summit Up itself. So that's five different Veterans Day things we had going, plus another photo in today (although ol' grumpy pants couldn't have known about that Wednesday).
Anyway, we've said it before and we'll say it again: Read the paper thoroughly before gritchin' about what ain't in it!
Sheesh.
***
Speaking of grumpy old men, here's something a little different than angry vet dude:
“We are three old geezers who have more than 150 years of skiing between us. We have collected these adages throughout the years and we bet you won't print them as they will rile a bunch of folks.
(Gantlet thrown! We accept!)
1. Real skiers wait for real snow.
2. Real skiers seek out quiet forests, deep powder glades and empty runs. Real skiers would not be caught dead on two open slopes with thousands of others.
3. Real skiers believe their time is valuable and do not stand in long lift lines like cattle.
4. Real skiers use 205s or longer skis, not the shorties of today — basically bikes with training wheels.
5. Real borders eschew lifts altogether like their founding fathers, the surfers, who ride in the wild and do their own paddling.
6. Real skiers boycott the manufactured experience of giant mountain restaurants and cookie cutter villages — the Disneylands in the snow.
7. Real skiers disdain the factory skiing of quad lifts for the true alpine experience of small ski areas.
8. Real skiers haunt ski swaps and are never taken in by flash, hype and high price.
9. Real skiers focus on quality over quantity, the number of days you ski each year is meaningless.
Three old guys on the boards, Alan Oberlein, Lars Anderson and Talbot Green, Leadville, Silverthorne and Twin Lakes.”
Well guys, don't expect to be featured in any resort brochures anytime soon. If anyone else has a take on what “real skiers” are, give us a shout at summitup@summitdaily.com
***
So, we get interesting e-mails all the time, but Monday marked the first time ever we were invited to Uzbekistan. And now we really want to go, because it sounds so cool. Listen:
“Greetings from ancient Samarkand the city on the crossroads of the Great Silk Road. We invite you to celebrate Navruz — the most cherished public holiday, the Central Asian New Year that falls on March 21st in Uzbekistan. During this two-day festival of spring renewal, singing, dancing, making of special dishes, wrestling by burly “Palvans” and reciting of epic poetry by wandering “Bakshi” minstrels are highlights.
Please be our guest during Navruz Festival and we will be pleased to show you the best of our Uzbek hospitality.”
Looks like you have to fly into Tashkent, which a quick Expedia search reveals would cost about two grand, plus another fee for all the stuff once you get there (and which we can't determine from this e-mail, but it looks like maybe it's $500).
Anyway, we're goin': March, Uzbekistan, Navruz, Silk Road — what more could you ask for?
If you want to go too, check out
www.silkroaddestinations.com or find this column online for the document with all the skinny — plus photos of Uzbekistan which is, y'know, over there by Kyrgyzstan (aka: the country that's dying to have its name spelled wrong).
Gotta run — packing our stuff for Tashkent!
And it's true, we didn't ... UNLESS you count the story about the Rotary troop care packages, two columns on the opinion page, one column in sports and Summit Up itself. So that's five different Veterans Day things we had going, plus another photo in today (although ol' grumpy pants couldn't have known about that Wednesday).
Anyway, we've said it before and we'll say it again: Read the paper thoroughly before gritchin' about what ain't in it!
Sheesh.
***
Speaking of grumpy old men, here's something a little different than angry vet dude:
“We are three old geezers who have more than 150 years of skiing between us. We have collected these adages throughout the years and we bet you won't print them as they will rile a bunch of folks.
(Gantlet thrown! We accept!)
1. Real skiers wait for real snow.
2. Real skiers seek out quiet forests, deep powder glades and empty runs. Real skiers would not be caught dead on two open slopes with thousands of others.
3. Real skiers believe their time is valuable and do not stand in long lift lines like cattle.
4. Real skiers use 205s or longer skis, not the shorties of today — basically bikes with training wheels.
5. Real borders eschew lifts altogether like their founding fathers, the surfers, who ride in the wild and do their own paddling.
6. Real skiers boycott the manufactured experience of giant mountain restaurants and cookie cutter villages — the Disneylands in the snow.
7. Real skiers disdain the factory skiing of quad lifts for the true alpine experience of small ski areas.
8. Real skiers haunt ski swaps and are never taken in by flash, hype and high price.
9. Real skiers focus on quality over quantity, the number of days you ski each year is meaningless.
Three old guys on the boards, Alan Oberlein, Lars Anderson and Talbot Green, Leadville, Silverthorne and Twin Lakes.”
Well guys, don't expect to be featured in any resort brochures anytime soon. If anyone else has a take on what “real skiers” are, give us a shout at summitup@summitdaily.com
***
So, we get interesting e-mails all the time, but Monday marked the first time ever we were invited to Uzbekistan. And now we really want to go, because it sounds so cool. Listen:
“Greetings from ancient Samarkand the city on the crossroads of the Great Silk Road. We invite you to celebrate Navruz — the most cherished public holiday, the Central Asian New Year that falls on March 21st in Uzbekistan. During this two-day festival of spring renewal, singing, dancing, making of special dishes, wrestling by burly “Palvans” and reciting of epic poetry by wandering “Bakshi” minstrels are highlights.
Please be our guest during Navruz Festival and we will be pleased to show you the best of our Uzbek hospitality.”
Looks like you have to fly into Tashkent, which a quick Expedia search reveals would cost about two grand, plus another fee for all the stuff once you get there (and which we can't determine from this e-mail, but it looks like maybe it's $500).
Anyway, we're goin': March, Uzbekistan, Navruz, Silk Road — what more could you ask for?
If you want to go too, check out
www.silkroaddestinations.com or find this column online for the document with all the skinny — plus photos of Uzbekistan which is, y'know, over there by Kyrgyzstan (aka: the country that's dying to have its name spelled wrong).
Gotta run — packing our stuff for Tashkent!
