by Anura Guruge
on September 8, 2024

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I have seen SMALL ski jumps (in places like our LOCAL ‘Gunstock‘ (NH)) BUT I had never seen, in person, an Olympic size jump. I did last week while visiting ‘Lake Placid‘, New York. I am HOOKED. Wow. I didn’t intend to, but I spent about 4.5 hours at the Jump Thursday & then went back for another hour on Friday. I am HOOKED. No. No. I could never jump. While I can tolerate heights (I keep on saying), I am not thrilled about heights (& I think it has got worse with age). But, I can watched, intrigued, for hours.

And that is what I did.

I lucked out. I heard some folks say that there would be some jumping, starting at 3:30pm, on Thursday. The officials weren’t 100% sure, but they said that they thought there might be some.

I came back at 3:30 & sure enough this YOUNG MAN was jumping.

Again, as is my luck, I got to talk with both parents. WOW. They are so neat & kind. They have a daughter too that used to jump, but now does the biathlon.

He made 3 jumps off the 128M HIGH jump & then did a couple off the 100M SHORT jump. This was his last jump from the 128M. I was lucky enough to be the ONLY person on the platform. WOW.