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NZ UPDATE - JAMES DAFFURN

25 July 2001


Well the snow has finally come!

More would be nice though, and skiing off the summit although a long walk is amazing! (Although watch out for the large rock/cliff face that Garrett Shore, our technical director at the rookie academy, told me to jump in which I actually fell a long long way!)

The weather today is sunny and very hot, with the snow now again going! The mood is good in Wanaka and the base annual snow party at Kingsway was a laugh in which I had a VIP pass! Free beer always goes down well until later when I managed to put John Philipson a fellow rookie's ski boot in the fire!

We now have a playstation 2 in the house and all is now well, You guys are missing a great winter here! Just make sure you make it out here next year! The girl/boy ratio is around 2:1, pretty good! Although there are lots of couples and don't make the mistake most of us are making (yes you John!) and try hitting on married or taken women or this little town can turn ugly!

I'm off now to do my daily snow dance and start race training which should be interesting with a hangover!

See you soon!

James Dafurn


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