Lance Armstrong: Unfettered and unfiltered

Lance Armstrong: Unfettered and unfiltered: "Now, I haven't been - and I really respect her - but I haven't been [world marathon record holder] Paula Radcliffe with a billboard up in the stands saying, 'EPO cheats, get out!' and all these other things. And I think a faction of the media, and a growing faction, want that. They want somebody to stand up there and just strain to the high heavens that they're clean and everybody [else] is dirty, and all you dirty guys get out."

Lance Armstrong: Unfettered and unfiltered

Lance Armstrong: Unfettered and unfiltered: "Everybody was like, 'Wait, this is bullshit.' But that's okay. Honestly, John, I don't care. I've got my seven Tours and they're not taking them away. I've got everything that I ever dreamed of in cycling, plus a million more. I'm at home, I'm happy, I'm healthy, I've got my kids, I've got a full life ahead of me. And if Jean-Marie Leblanc snubs you in Paris? That's a chapter out of 'Who f---ing cares.'"

Ski day #1

Belleayre was super today. Not many people and two runs top to lift 7. See-sawed between Onteora and Wanatuska. No lines today, so I got maybe 25 runs in 5 hours. Big bumps on Onteora on top. They were forgiving - the snow was very springlike. Started skiing on the old $15 Elan SCX's I had from an eBay auction last year. I wanted to checkout the condition and would consider these expendable "rock skis". I also wanted to get my desire for some linked slalom turns fulfilled. After an hour and about 5 runs, I had lunch and switched skis to the Volkl P40 skis I picked up on eBay this September. They were AWESOME! They were the best skis I ever skied on for edge hold and control and speed. The only thing they could not do was short turns, which is to be expected with a GS ski. They were stellar in the bumps, which was totally unexpected for a stiff racing ski! I think it is because of the edge hold and the riser on the binding, which gave me lots of leverage.

On my rides up I learned from some ski patrol guys that the Superchief midstation was removed and that the Liftline trail under Tomahawk lift is top to bottom - hey, there is a cliff up there! Extreme skiing? We shall see...