US Ski Team

I met the
Racing Suit Desiger
of the US Ski Team in the train from Zermatt to Zürich, an Australien, living in Park City, UT.
it takes 4 years to design, develop or  better engineering a Race Suit ! He also works on faster ski bases.

sUMMER bREAK

coming

1973 The Who S a n F r a n c i s c o C o w P a l a c e

T h e W h o

K e i t h M o o n C o l l a p s e s A t C o w P a l a c e

i W a s @ t h i s C o n c e r t 

T h a n k Y o u Y o u T u b e F o r T h e G o o d M e m o r i e s , n o w I K n o w W h e r e I W a s i n 1 9 7 3 .

Klausenpass

Time Laps Zurich-Glarus-Linthtal-Klausenpass-Altdorf ::

Linthtal-Klausenpass-Altdorf ::

Time Laps Zurich-Glarus-Linthtal-Klausenpass-Altdorf-Vierwaldstättersee illustrated with video and photos Long Play, the whole ride was 4-5h::

Engelberg Titlis, sKI sEASON eND

Engelberg, Längi Wand, Freeride

Werner

ein Tag im Leben mit Werni Long Play Version:

 

Kurz Version Längi Wand:

 

80 years old mountain guide Werner guides me from Titlis down the couloir along Längi Wand, our last day skiing of winter season, Memorial Day Weekend 2012. After skiing, Lunch, wine and cigarette, he went to play Tennis ! Now beat his Lifestyle. Great man. It was an honour to spend the day with Werni.
"das isch super abfahrt, teilweise brutal steil"
Letzter Skitag am Pfingstmontag am Titlis entlang der  Längi Wand, geführt vom 80jährigen Bergführer Werni zum Mittagessen im Restaurant Ritz auf Gerschnialp. Toller SSki Abschluss.

Isenthal Clan

Saisonschluss für Hansruedi und Robin Bissig auf Titlis, Engelberg, Berg Restaurant Titlis mit Pizza, sehr lekker, Hansruedi, Danke fürs Mittagessen

I met 3 honeymoon couples from China, they married the 18th of May, tomorrow they go to Venezia ITA from Engelberg.

nO sPRiNG SSkiing tODAY

Lazy Senior Overslept

bREAKfAST, sPRiNG sKi & sUMMER tARTE

zuerst gemütliches und stimmungvolles z'Morge am Vierwaldstättersee

 

video with Werner::

mit Werni, 80 jährig!!! Bergführer und Skilehrer, arbeitete in St.Moritz, im Palace Hotel, raucht und drinkt auf dem Berggipfel einen feinen Tropfen Weisswein. er war drei mal auf dem Dom, das harte ist nicht der Aufstieg, sondern der Abstieg mit 3000 Höhenmeter.
I met an Indonesian Honeymoon couple on Titlis, the groom plays Ice Hockey on Bauer Ice skates! coming from a country with a hot climate. the bride talked about frozen lakes, they were in Milano, didn't like it much, dirty air, she liked the clean swiss mountain air. next stop for them Paris.

My first Summer Fruit Tarte, Peaches from Marocco, best early fruit peaches ever, smaller size, ripe, deep dark red, flest orange, yellow, red, yummy, not like the green unripe and tasteless shit coming from Spain.

Title coming but not tomorrow

sUMMER pARTY oN sNOW ??

I met many people from China for a photo shooting, and a honeymoon couple from Mexico City.

Du Faarsch Schii wie ein Engel

Hansruedi , du faarsch Schii wie ein Engel sagte Vreni Schneider beim Skilehrerkurs vor Jahren zum Bissig von Isenthal

Spring Skiing in Switzerland Engelberg, Titlis in shaky motion:

by far best spring skiing in Europe, this at the end of May. you can ski from Titlis to Trübsee, a vertical drop of 1200m, many ski resorts can't offer this in deep winter.
The drawback: busloads of tourists from India.

Hansruedi Bissig, Martin Näpflin, Tümpi, Head Ski, Markus Walker

Auffahrt

View Titlis?, Rigi, Pilatus

from Zurich, Albis

James Taylor Concert and Engelberg Titlis Ascent

daytime:

going up to the top of Titlis, carrying the skis on the shoulders, it's not far, but I had to pit stop twice to grasp more fresh air. I walked uphill 30-45 min. Fog above Stand, Nebelmeer auf etwa 2700m.

Treat in the evening: eine schöne Persönlichkeit

listening to the James Taylor Concert in Zurich. Good performance, nice evening, he is in the words of my compagnion, an American, her words: eine schöne Persönlichkeit.

he said that he doesn't speak "Schwiizerdütsch", Swiss German,  that he is sorry he has to speak in English, that he did not write his songs in "Schwiizerdütsch"!!

he was not sure if he ever performed in Switzerland, he did not, hardly any american bands performed in Switzerland in the sixties or seventies. he performed this song, more than 40 years later:

two nights later he performed in Paris @ L'Olympia, the classic music venue in Paris, Edith Piaf sang there.

The Music in the sixties and seventies was originally recorded on analog equipment, in his case, on REVOX, a home brand of Zurich, a Studer company from Regensdorf near Zurich.

 

The resolution on analogue equipment as REVOX is much higher than what  any digital has to offer. I write this, because James Taylor had on stage on the left side his old REVOX tower placed. He said, it was stacked hidden someplace, got forgotten, after a divorce he found it again and showed it off in the concert, I don't know if this REVOX is on stage in his later tour dates in Europe and the USA.
my blog's name:
The Two Lane White Top Fan Club

 is a reference to his movie:

 Two Lane Black Top

 with Dennis Wilson and Warren Oates

...... thank You James and Sue

Breakfast Vierwaldstättersee

early morning

breakfast at the Vierwaldstättersee with cold wind, Bise. 
on top of Titlis I met a honeymoon couple from Brazil.

Guschti Poltera

50

etwa 2002

äs Tänzli für dä August Poltera, mein SSki Mentor seit etwa 1990

Menzli,AndiMannhart, Markus Boss, Guschti

 

2002 Crans-Montana SkiX: William Besse fuhr auch, quel honneur

2002 Crans-Montana SkiX Guschti

SkiX Hans

Carroll Shelby still loved to drive muscle cars

US Legendary car designer Shelby dies at 89

 garage queens

one offhanded comment Shelby made: "People want to leave a Corvette in the dust at a stop light."

that quote made me realize the incredible lengths people will go just to see if they can.