1st Week of Torino 2006 - An audio blog of living the Winter Olympics PMN Munk - Dirty WorkMunk PMN PageMunk website10/2/06 the opening ceremony went off well11/2/06 Claviere by cable-car11/2/06 Swedish IOC reps selling tickets for 10 EUROS - snowboard for 20 EUROS v list price of 35 EUROs 11/2/06 first SanSi event Biathlon German Gold and Norway 2nd and 3rd12/2/06 Telegraph nonsense 7 hours return trip to Sestriere12/2/06 get 4 tickets from USA squad for 2 man bob finals for 19/2/0612/2/06 Shaun White wins the Gold in H/P USA 1st & 2nd13/2/06 Tickets for sale - this time from British touts13/2/06 Carabinieri intervene13/2/06 looking for WMN DH Swedish rep offers 4*110 for 250 14/2/06 Tash and Lucy arrive from London to see the WMN DH 15/215/2/06 At the egg for 10am to find tickets for WMN DH15/2/06 looking for 2 tickets at least for Tash and Lucy15/2/06 Brit ticket tout sells me last 3 100 Euro tickets for 20 each15/2/06 Prime seats sitting with Austrian brass band - party atmosphere15/2/06 met Chemy Alcotts brother and she comes 11th15/2/06 the girls go to Sestriere in the afternoon - A great dayPMN Redefining the Moment - Oxygen for Two Redefining the Moment PMN PageRedefining the Moment website16/2/06 heavy snow all morning and high winds - 2 inches settled16/2/06 Swindon girl gets Skeleton Silver for team GB16/2/06 the girls travel home almost 12 hours door-to-door17/2/06 wake up to heavy snowfall - 6 inches settles17/2/06 WMN Dh Combined delayed by 1 hour due to snowfall17/2/06 get 2 100 Euro tickets for 20 each off Dutch team17/2/06 race starts at 13:15 - abandoned after 1st skier falls17/2/06 slalom goes ahead DH rescheduled for Monday18/2/06 Mens SuperG Sestriere - long walk down to Borgata18/2/06 snowing all morning - getting heavier after 11am18/2/06 GBR 7th after 15 runs - race abandoned 12pm18/2/06 rescheduled for 14:30 - 14:00 Sun comes out and race completed18/2/06 Get 2 extra tickets for 50 Euro for the rescheduled WMN DHK19/2/06 Snowfalling again in morning - SuperG WMN scheduled for 12pm19/2/06 11am get a 110 for free, a 110 for 50 and 2 110s for 40 Euros19/2/06 Snow and Fog postpones race - hopefully to be rerun Monday19/2/06 Snowing stronger than ever all afternoon and all evening19/2/06 2-man bob finals > 6 inches of snowfall in 3 hours total 18 inches in 18 hrs 20/2/06 Wake up to sunny skies - first for 4 days - and half metre pow20/2/06 WMN SuperG put back to 3pm - Chemmy's big chance - top 20 finishPMN Anonymous - Apology Anonymous PMN Page Anonymous website[26.8MB 36:45 96kbps]
1st Week of Torino 2006 - An audio blog of living the Winter Olympics PMN Munk - Dirty Work Munk PMN Page Munk website 10/2/06 the opening ceremony went off well 11/2/06 Claviere by cable-car 11/2/06 Swedish IOC reps selling tickets for 10 EUROS - snowboard for 20 EUROS v list price of 35 EUROs 11/2/06 first SanSi event Biathlon German Gold and Norway 2nd and 3rd 12/2/06 Telegraph nonsense 7 hours return trip to Sestriere 12/2/06 get 4 tickets from USA squad for 2 man bob finals for 19/2/06 12/2/06 Shaun White wins the Gold in H/P USA 1st & 2nd 13/2/06 Tickets for sale - this time from British touts 13/2/06 Carabinieri intervene 13/2/06 looking for WMN DH Swedish rep offers 4*110 for 250 14/2/06 Tash and Lucy arrive from London to see the WMN DH 15/2 15/2/06 At the egg for 10am to find tickets for WMN DH 15/2/06 looking for 2 tickets at least for Tash and Lucy 15/2/06 Brit ticket tout sells me last 3 100 Euro tickets for 20 each 15/2/06 Prime seats sitting with Austrian brass band - party atmosphere 15/2/06 met Chemy Alcotts brother and she comes 11th 15/2/06 the girls go to Sestriere in the afternoon - A great day PMN Redefining the Moment - Oxygen for Two Redefining the Moment PMN Page Redefining the Moment website 16/2/06 heavy snow all morning and high winds - 2 inches settled 16/2/06 Swindon girl gets Skeleton Silver for team GB 16/2/06 the girls travel home almost 12 hours door-to-door 17/2/06 wake up to heavy snowfall - 6 inches settles 17/2/06 WMN Dh Combined delayed by 1 hour due to snowfall 17/2/06 get 2 100 Euro tickets for 20 each off Dutch team 17/2/06 race starts at 13:15 - abandoned after 1st skier falls 17/2/06 slalom goes ahead DH rescheduled for Monday 18/2/06 Mens SuperG Sestriere - long walk down to Borgata 18/2/06 snowing all morning - getting heavier after 11am 18/2/06 GBR 7th after 15 runs - race abandoned 12pm 18/2/06 rescheduled for 14:30 - 14:00 Sun comes out and race completed 18/2/06 Get 2 extra tickets for 50 Euro for the rescheduled WMN DHK 19/2/06 Snowfalling again in morning - SuperG WMN scheduled for 12pm 19/2/06 11am get a 110 for free, a 110 for 50 and 2 110s for 40 Euros 19/2/06 Snow and Fog postpones race - hopefully to be rerun Monday 19/2/06 Snowing stronger than ever all afternoon and all evening 19/2/06 2-man bob finals 6 inches of snowfall in 3 hours total 18 inches in 18 hrs 20/2/06 Wake up to sunny skies - first for 4 days - and half metre pow 20/2/06 WMN SuperG put back to 3pm - Chemmy's big chance - top 20 finish PMN Anonymous - Apology Anonymous PMN Page Anonymous website [26.8MB 36:45 96kbps]