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Each chapter in Homing In is supported by a blog that offers supplemental articles, film documentaries, as well as important links and insights that support the reader’s transformational process. These story strands are part of a holistic teaching story or mandala. Each blog further develops the themes presented in the book.The blog is an online learning course in the Social Sciences that informs, guides, and connects readers to important concepts as they embark on their transformational journey.

Chapter 8: International Ski Tribes

3/10/2020

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​After returning from a year abroad in Switzerland, I went back to CU and I joined the University of Colorado’s C-ski team, running and participating in dryland training at Chautauqua Park, at the foot of the Flatirons in Boulder. I met my Norwegian friends on the ski team. After training all Fall, we began skiing in November. We went to Aspen for Thanksgiving where I got to know Neal Beidleman, a C-team coach.  I wanted to be a good skier, and even learned about racing through the gates. Not only did I prove that I was a good skier, but I knitted my future husband a beautiful sweater. I learned the skills that I thought I would need as a young wife in Switzerland. Colorado, Switzerland, and New Zealand were meeting places that brought me in touch with lifelong friends. We all belong to an international ski tribe.
Chautauqua Park:
https://www.chautauqua.com/preservation/chautauqua-history/
 
a-ha’s ‘Take On Me’ was one of our favourite songs!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djV11Xbc914
 
 
After the University of Colorado, Neal Beidleman went to climb mountains far from home. Here is his Everest story:
 
https://www.colorado.edu/coloradan/2011/12/01/when-everest-speaks
 
 
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2003/mar/30/everest.features
 
https://www.aspentimes.com/news/aspens-beidleman-shares-story-of-trek-to-find-closure/
 
Here is a picture of Nebraska families on a Colorado ski trip in the 1970’s when I was fourteen years old. The Berguins, Hansens, Welches and Mossmans all gathered to ski the Rockies!
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Here is the sweater that I knitted for Angelo the year before we married. It is made out of Icelandic wool and has pewter buttons with skiers.
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