Hi All,
Just a quick update to tell you about my weekend skiing on the snow (or ice, depending on how you look at it). The rain from last week took a lot of the snow that Windham had and turned it into ice, but anytime you can go skiing is a great time!
I realized how spoiled we were throughout this season when I went to put my skis on outside of the ASF deck on Saturday and stepped onto a complete sheet of ice. That was not going to stop anybody from taking in some of the final tracks of the season, though, and everyone cautiously ventured off the deck onto the ice to pop into their bindings.
We spent the entire weekend getting used to the icy conditions that we were skiing on, but by the Sunday afternoon the race team was back to normal and having a great time! Over the course of the weekend, we practiced turning on glare ice on Wonderama and ventured onto some of the steeper terrain like Whistler (some of the race team members even did Upper Wolverine)!
On Sunday morning, the head coach of the race team, Mary Bozzone, and I were filmed for a special suprise! Keep your eye out over the next few months to see if anything new pops up onto the website! Speaking about suprises, the entire race team is beginning to prepare a few suprises for spectators the weekend of the Hartman Race! It will be very cool!
We have our second to last race on Saturday afternoon, the Michael Gray Memorial Race, and all proceeds go directly to the Adaptive Sports Foundation. The race is open to the public, so if you want to race in it you can download the registration form on ASF's Website!
Apparently, Mother Nature rewarded Windham once again as over 6" of powder were dumped on the mountain on Sunday night! I have my Spring Break next week and can't wait to hit the slopes once again!
Until then, let it snow!
- Tracker
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Michael was diagnosed with a mild case of arthrogryposis at birth. He is unable to gain any muscle tone below the knee, and his ankles are both fused at a 90 degree angle. This has hindered his ability to ambulate without the use of forearm crutches. When he was 9 years old, he began learning to ski at the Adaptive Sports Foundation. Now a freshman at Penn State and a member of the ASF Race Team, he is an avid athlete.
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