2007 Pictures
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Viva la France!
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Hovey Memorial race, Whiteface Mtn. |
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2nd place, Hovey Memorial. Size matters not. |
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Ice skating on the 1932 & 1980 Olympic oval, Lake Placid. |
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Paris!
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That soccer ball travelled everywhere. |
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10-year old at the Moulin Rouge. A year younger than when dad got to go! |
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ZZ dribbled all over Paris. What a surprise. |
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The Siene, Pont Neuf in the background. Just a little nicer than the Hudson River. |
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Chamonix, France & Courmayeur, Italy
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St.Gervais train station; onroute to Chamonix. |
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Brevent-Flegere ski area. From the lift in town. |
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Grand Montets midstation area. |
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Grand Montets - one of many 'trails'. |
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Grand Montets - over 3000 meters up. |
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Argentiere glacier up close from Grand Montets. |
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Still at Grand Montets; some serious steeps. |
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Grand Montets - 3275 meters up. |
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We are never taking another ski vacation in North America. |
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Grand Montets - pictures cannot do the place justice. |
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Mont Blanc in the background. This platform is 3842 meters high. |
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Walking down the Vallee Blanche snow ridge. You fall you die! |
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Smiles after hiking down the arete. |
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On top of the ski world! Ready to ski the Greatest Ski Run in the World - the Vallee Blanche. |
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The Vallee Blanche. 20 kms of ski heaven. |
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One of the Vallee Blance 'no fall' zones. |
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Dad has wanted to ski this since he was 11-years old. |
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An alley carved out of the ice by a summer river on the Mer de Glace. |
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One of many ice walls on the Mer de Glace. |
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Seracs and crevasses. Ski with a professional guide! |
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World-class meal after the greatest ski run. Cassolette Escargots at Hotel du Montenvers. Delicieux!
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Courmayeur, Italy. Short bus ride from Chamonix. |
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We can't read Italian, so we skied right past this. :-) |
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It's not just the French that know great food. Mid-mountain family owned restaurant. |
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Another grand day at Courmayeur. |
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Great meals, mid-mountain Courmayeur. |
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This family-owned mid-mountain restaurant deserves special mention - La Chaumiere. Deer Valley can only dream of lunches this good. |
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Bumps and tree-skiing at it's best. |
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Beautiful town of Courmayeur. Right on the slopes! |
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Le Tour - just another Chamonix ski area - about the size of Vail! |
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That's a hamburger - the way it's served on the french/swiss border at Le Tour. |
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Got snow? Ski the roof of a house, end of March in the worst snow year Chamonix has ever had. |
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Leave the race skis at home. |
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Summer
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May 1 race, Killington, Vermont. |
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Promo newspaper ad, The Albany Academies. |
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Buck Mountain, view of Lake George. |
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Our rhododendrums blossom around ZZ's birthday. |
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Outdoor art exhibit, old Montreal. |
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Dribbling a soccer ball in old Montreal. What a surprise. |
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Fieldtrip looking for a soccer player. |
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Camp Chinga counselour Mike P. (Academy alum) |
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Williams College soccer camp |
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Williams College soccer camp (highly recommended) |
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ZZ's donation with friends contributions to Albany Med, Childrens Hospital. Made the newspapers. |
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Juggling / tailgate prior to the Revolution vs Galaxy match. |
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Player escort, LA Galaxy vs Revolution. |
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Fall / Winter
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Albany Academy 6th grade. |
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White Mountains, NH. Near Zealand hut. |
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Waterways near Zealand hut. |
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Whirlpool (cold!) near Zealand hut. |
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Hampton beach, New Hampshire. Playing soccer. What a surprise. |
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Beach soccer with some college players. |
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Sax practice next to the apple cider mill. |
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Academies soccer. Won every game! |
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Smiles? I guess practice wasn't tough enough. |
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Academies soccer year-end party. |
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City Hall skating, Toronto. |
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Practice, outdoors at 16F (-9 celsius). |
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Repetition, repetition, repetition. |
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Outdoors. Because soccer is a winter sport. |
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Green Mountain Inn icicles. |
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Into the Stowe glades! But this year, we didn't have to ski a closed trail to get out-of-bounds. ;-) |
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Stowe, Vermont. Eastern tree skiing at its best. |
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