One month ago on July 21st, there were two nordic skiers on the Williams campus: Perry "I hoe collards" Thomas and your author of this blog post. Later that night, cruising in his prized -- if a little small and not quite as sexy as Joey's -- Tacoma pickup, Jordan Fields arrived. The next day, we spotted the cutest outdoor trip leader in the history of outdoor summer adventures, Luke Costley. So, on Friday, July 22nd there were four.
Now fast forward one week. If you had been sitting in Tunnel City on Saturday Aug 30th at 9:30AM, you would have seen not just four, but a whole pack of Nordic skiers run by -- everyone looking toned, and most-everyone looking tanned.
We had called, and the alumni came home. Shout out to all the east-coast Nordic alumni that made the trip: Evan D, Nick, Phil, Ian, Casey, Isaac, Kalle, Vanya; also to current skiers, Evan C. and Jack. It was great to see our predecessors happy after college -- it gives us seniors hope -- and also back enjoying Williamstown.
When Joey and Evan came up, they went straight to the weight-room. On the left is picture of them (and Luke + Jordan) pretending to fly. On the right is Luke on the day after his return, poutier than ever.
Narrated by Kalle Jahn, this award-winning short documents the adventures of a few skiers on the Nordic boys team in their quest for gold.
But all that fun happened a month ago. Since then, I've finished my summer research at Williams and spent a week in Castine, ME -- a sleepy town, a little off the tourist track. Here's a picture of Isaac '14 in the fort we made to hide from pirates.
I'm looking forward to be back on campus, training with the team and meeting the new skier freshman. Rock the cow, stay uncomfortable, and stack skulls. Love, Eli.
P.S. Braden Becker mysteriously appeared on campus; he was spotted sitting on a wall eating a piece of a leaf.
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