Kyle is a young man who works with me at Mountain Creek, and competes as an athlete in Alpine Skiing events. I was acting as a volunteer, accompanying another skier to his events. As we were getting together to go up the mountain for the afternoon event, Kyle joined us - he was going to be in the same event! We rode up in the gondola together, as these two had become friends as well as competitors over the years. As we rode up, Kyle said to his friend,
"I bet we're going to win gold and silver, but I don't care which one of us wins gold. We've been friends a long time, and I root for you too!"
They did, indeed, finish first and second.
- Jim M., coach/volunteer