2004 – Vail Reloaded

The HFSC stayed at the Mountain Haus at the Covered Bridge in Mid Vail.

Trip Notes: Sam Hawkins brought his Sam Hill Winery Pinot Noir on the trip to showcase his winemaking skills. It was good wine. Unfortunately, Sam retired from skiing after that trip, leaving Frank Rottier and Don Bogle as the only remaining founding members still skiing. Frank scared the hell out of everyone by being escorted to the Vail Hospital ER with chest pains. After he was checked into the hospital, all ten other HFSC members went to the hospital to visit Frank. We were asked by the nursing staff to leave after being too boisterous. Frank stayed in the Vail Hospital after we left, and was cleared to go home with nothing serious being detected.

The Vail trip was a success, Frank’s ER visit notwithstanding, so a trip was scheduled for 2005. Chris convinced the group to go to Whistler/Blackcomb in British Columbia. It was agreed to schedule all future trips in the Jan, Feb, March time-frame rather than mid-December, so we could avoid the conflict with Christmas preparations.

This year’s Half Fasters:

• Sam Hawkins
• Boris Pavichevich
• Jack Punzak
• Peter Smith
• John Kaminsky
• Ken Lawrence
• Doug Cooper
• Lee Williams
• Chris Reid
• Frank Rottier
• Don Bogle