Preparing for Ski Season
Chill is in the air; mountains are beginning to whiten; ski areas are ready to blow snow. Are you getting ready to take that first run down the mountain? Here are a few tips to make sure there are no surprises when making that initial descent in the white fluffy powder.
Winter Health Do's
- Stay fit and active year round
- Tailor your exercises to protect your knees and hamstrings by stretching and doing squats
- Hydrate, hydrate, hydrate
- Test and tune your equipment
- Wear a helmet. This is an OTHGI requirement to ski with the Gang
- Layer your clothes to prepare for any weather
- Consume calories before hitting the slopes and snack on the mountain
Winter Health Don'ts
- Forget to stretch and warm-up
- Forget to use sunscreen in all outdoor conditions
- Wear cotton or cotton mix products
- Forget to use the buddy system and let friends and family know where you are
- Play in the backcountry without checking snow and weather conditions, using a compass or GPS, and skiing with a partner
Skiing is a way for seniors to push the envelope, challenge the edge of our physical ability, and feel the rush of the wind and excitement of descending a mountain tableau. Preparation is vital. Tune your body and mind as well as your equipment. Have fun!
NEW OTHGI Benefits for 2009/2010
Precision Ski and Golf - OTHGI's favorite ski shop in Summit County, with a 20 percent discount for members on ski and snowboard serviceSalt Lake Super Pass - one of OTHGI's favorite destinations with 15 percent off the Salt Lake Super Pass, good at Alta, Snowbird, Solitude and Brighton and including free transportation from downtown Salt Lake City
NEW GUIDED SKI DAY - Powderhorn Ski Resort in Grand Junction, $35 lift ticket (more than 20 percent off), guided skiing, and après ski party.
View From The Top
There is a double metaphor for the past year: Doug Lofland tumbling down the mountain on his last ski run of the day and breaking his leg and Doug healing and getting back into the fray. Our nation's economy took a tumble too - don't we all know it! But it has bounced back since hitting bottom in mid-March 2009. The Fed has declared the "worst recession since the great depression to be over." Recovery is happening and OTHGI is part of it. We have picked ourselves up, dusted off the negativity of the past year and are back in the game, all cylinders going full blast. The catalogue is full of our favorite trips. Many are filling up fast like the good old days. Optimism is in the air and snow is beginning to cover the mountain peaks. Our ski programs at A-Basin, Breckenridge, and Keystone are set to hit the slopes with skis pointed downhill the first week in December. We are creatively marketing OTHGI to prospective members. This is going to be a banner year. Come join in all the fun while meeting old friends and making new ones. We hope to see you on the slopes this year. Doug promises not to fall!
OTHGI Frequent Travelers
OTHGI would like to thank and recognize many of our members who have traveled with us since the early 1990s. The camaraderie that has developed between individuals has resulted in lasting friendships and travel buddies whether during ski season, riding the roads in Europe, hiking trails around the world, or hitting the green on a golf trip. Those recognized are from all over the country and around the world. Thanks again, and we hope to see you again soon.30 Trips + OTHGI Trips
Veronica Farrington - Sugar Hill, NHConnie Fitzgerald - Peoria, IL
George Hammond - Minooka, IL
Don and Sally Herbert - Olympia, WA
Ted and Bari Jarrett - Colrain, MA
Esther and Harold Marcus - West Babylon, NY
Frank and Bernie Ybarguen - Houston, TX
20-30 OTHGI Trips
Terry and Thomas Allen - Gladwyne, PADolores and Carroll Anstaett - Olean, NY
Larry Balboni - Naples, ME
Marie Carpenter - Westport, CT
Ronald and Ruth Charlton - UNITED KINGDOM
Dave and Pat Fales - Fairfax Station, VA
Christine Haenssler - East Boston, MA
Ursula Kreis - GERMANY
Herbert and Claire Leifer - Dix Hills, NY
Caroline Lewis - Anchorage, AK
Donald and Judi Lohr - Granger, IN
Helena Masley - Palmer, MA
Nancy Mayo-Smith - Boston, MA
Roger McClung - Coronado, CA
Joseph McMahon - San Jose, CA
Gary Miller - Rossville, IN
Nancy Pigman - Washington, DC
Barbara Reynolds - Cookeville, TN
Eugene and Joyce Rotella - Franklin Lakes, NJ
Loraine Salerno - Greenwich, CT
Lois Schine - Westport, CT
Howard Selden - Easton, PA
Glen Shols - Chico, CA
Claudia Vesser - Greenbrae, CA
Doug Weaver - Atlanta, GA
10-19 OTHGI Trips
Robert and Aleda Ahlgren - Eagle, COFrank and Lill Anderson - Piedmont, CA
Zelik Bockneck - CANADA
George and Christine Burns - Crystal Beach, FL
Rosemary Christie - BAHAMAS
Joyce Cooke - Malverne, NY
Randy Dunn - Los Gatos, CA
Betty and Troy Ellington - Oakland, MD
Joan Firman - North Palm Beach, FL
Nancy and Robert Gatland - Wilton, NY
Dorothy and Robin Gibson - NEW ZEALAND
Lucy Guillet - Riverside, CT
James Gunning - Teaneck, NJ
Maurice Halladay - Portsmouth, RI
Gunta Harvey - Fairfield, NJ
Marcia Hawken - Naples, FL
Herman Hittner - Lower Burrell, PA
Hyun and Kay Ihm - South Barrington, IL
Cynthia Katz - West Nyack, NY
Daniel and Carol Kelly - Greensboro, NC
Adelyn Kenyon - Clifton Park, NY
Mary Kervick - Colorado Springs, CO
Edward Klarman - Southfield, MI
Michael Kremzar - Cincinatti, OH
Fred Kreuscher - Warren, CT
Joanne Larson - San Jose, CA
Tom and Sandra Lawrence - Solon, IA
Janice Leonard - Ann Arbor, MI
Maylin Lin - New York, NY
Josefina Maus - MEXICO
Judy Meyer - Greenwich, CT
Hugh and Angela Miller - West Chester, PA
Joan Minor- Garden Grove, CA
Gayla Moilanen - Reston, VA
Shirley Mueller - Bonita Springs, FL
Albert Mueller - Tucson, AZ
Georgia Noon - Toms River, NJ
Stephen Parker - Newton, MA
Shirley Pawlicki - Clayton, MI
Arthur Prell - Houston, TX
John and Helen Quilty - Oakton, VA
Dietrich Roesler - Alexandria, VA
Alan Severance - Pittsburgh, PA
Virginia Sharp - Camano Island, WA
Marvin Shulsky - New York, NY
Susan and Larry Sonders - Scarsdale, NY
Barbara Stavro - Sausalito, CA
Nancy Steel - Philadelphia, PA
Herbert Suskin - Tempe, AZ
Decker Swann - Denver, CO
Norman and Irene Vale - New York City, NY
Francis and Gillian Vallis - BERMUDA
John Wardell - Naples, FL
Paula Watters - Cincinatti, OH
Nancy Wickes - Westminster, CO
Jane Wiegand - Attleboro, MA
Hal Wood - Hilton Head, SC
Richard and MaryAnn Woods - Evergreen, CO
Hildegard Zagorski - Bluffton, SC
Faith Zinner - Vestal, NY
