Why Fly to Innsbruck, Austria to Watch World Cup Ski Jumping…
True Ski Jumping originated in Morgedal, Norway. Olaf Rye, a Norwegian lieutenant, was the first known ski jumper. In 1809, he launched himself 9.5 meters (10 yards) in the air in front of an audience of other soldiers.
Harris Hill Ski Jump Competition • Brattleboro, Vermont
The Harris Hill Ski Jumping Competition is next weekend, February 17-18, 2024. The competition offers spectators an opportunity to experience the Olympic sport of ski jumping up close in all its breathtaking, heart-stopping glory—complete with distant ringing cow bells make it seem like you’re in Austria for the day! This long-standing, two-day Brattleboro tradition is held on New England’s only Olympic-size, 90-meter hill.
Harris Hill Ski Jumping Competition • Experience the Olympic Sport of Ski Jumping • Brattleboro, Vermont
Wall Street Journal columnist, Rob LaZebnik, wrote last month… “When I recently turned 60, I realized with alarm that I was starting to see unmistakable signs from friends and colleagues that I was becoming—there’s no easy way to put this—boring. It was almost as if the same stories I had told a hundred times were no longer interesting to them. But what else was I supposed to talk about? It wasn’t like I had anything new and exciting to tell them…” Rob went on to say, “…not doing, anything too simple, like eat a kind of pork dumpling I’ve never had or anything too complex, like raise a pig, fall in love with it, then force myself to kill it to make a new kind of pork dumpling.” This article absolutely resonated with us… the pig thing, yes, that’s exactly what we did, except for falling in love with it—chickens too, and Black Angus, but that’s another story. The point that Rob and I are making is get out there—seek out those life-changing experiences, and Don’t Just Read the Story, Become the Story! This is exactly what we do at Pond Mountain Inn…
Please read Rob’s complete article… How to Avoid Being Boring at 60.
Staging Barbeque Provisions on a Remote Lake George Island…
Robert Lincoln’s Observatory at Hildene—The Lincoln Family Home • Manchester, Vermont
With our highly-skilled fishing guide, our guests experienced the exhilaration of reeling in big fish!
Since Wall Street Journal columnist, Rob LaZebnik, mentioned pigs in his article, we had to show you ours!
Brookfield Ice Harvest and Winterfest • Brookfield, Vermont
That’s “Winter Kay” at Au Comptoir in Woodstock, Vermont…
Celebrating Our First Curling Lesson… at The Royal Montréal Curling Club.
“You Guys Do The Best Stuff” is a quote from one of my former colleagues after reading about a few of our amazing experiences in one of our newsletters… another one of our frequent guests once remarked, “The drive is exciting as the destination itself. It’s amazing what you stumble upon along the way!”
The point of all of this is, the magic is in the unfamiliar—perspective comes from encountering something completely new… Thank you for spending a few minutes with us, and please visit us at Pond Mountain Inn.
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