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The first time Kim Thielman-Ibes met Luanne Freer, MD, founder of the Everest Base Camp Medical Clinic, was at the base of Big Sky, Montana, on a stormy midNovember day (“The Last Outpost,” page 40). “My backside was eight hours into a series of medical presentations for the 2004 ski patrol refresher,” says Kim, “and thankfully her overview of the first-ever extreme-altitude medical clinic hit us like an ice-cold can of Red Bull.” Kim was instantly struck by Dr. Freer’s PPP motto: profession, passion, and philanthropy. “It’s taken a long time, but I’m trying hard to incorporate this idea into my life,” says the Bozeman, Montana–based writer. Kim’s stories have appeared in Big Sky Journal, Climbing, Distinctly Montana, and Horizon Air Magazine.
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En route to watch her sister compete in an extreme-skiing competition in Telluride, Colorado, Boulder–based writer and former executive editor of Skiing magazine Helen Olsson drove through a whiteknuckle, snow-pounding blizzard. Her mother (and co-pilot) calmed her down by calling out the clues to a crossword puzzle. “Even though I’m 42, my mom has the power to soothe me,” says Helen. In “Extreme Worry” (It’s Personal, page 28), she discovers how a mother’s worry never diminishes no matter how old her babies grow to be. “I have three little kids,” says Helen, “so this is not good news to me.” Helen’s stories have appeared in the New York Times, Self, Warren Miller’s SnoWorld, Women’s Sports & Fitness, and Sports Illustrated for Women.
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Vanessa Pierce wasn’t quite sure what to think about getting invited to try out for the U.S. Bobsled Team. During four days of camp at the Olympic Training Center in Lake Placid, New York, she was surrounded by 250-pound men and women with quads that looked like tree stumps. “You need to be big to push a 400-pound sled down the track and withstand the 5 g’s crushing you to death,” says Vanessa, who writes about her experience in the feature “So, You Think You’ve Got What It Takes to Make the U.S. Bobsled Team?” (page 34). “It’s the most painful, uncomfortable minute of your life.” Through those painful but entertaining days, Vanessa forever became a fan of bobsled. She is the features editor of Ski Racing magazine and has been published in Outside, the Ski Journal, Powder, and the Washington Times, among others.
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