Out of Necessity - Perhaps

Out of Necessity - Perhaps

Saturday, 25 January 2014

Busy Saturday

“If only God would give me some clear sign! Like making a large deposit in my name at a Swiss Bank.”

Good Morning World... Sat 25th, 5.22, -3.8dg. There are stars.. the forecast is for a stunner bluebird day. Those heading up onto the piste will have a fantastic time. Forecast for a seriously good snow fall Saturday night and through Sunday. Yesterday it was snowing here here in the village by daylight, and continued on and off through the day. I cleared the driveway at 9am so my life experienced girls would walk safely as I am on an incline. Halo !! Watched the first run slalom from Kitzbühel at lunch time and then second run after my senior student left at 17.15... all done in heaving snow and testing conditions... reverse order always throws its own dramas and the biggest was Hirscher last to race second run, and sadly going into the kitty litter... Thankfully my little house is relatively sound proof and my guests had not arrived at that stage as the air was quite blue momentarily. Today they are racing the big one...the Hahnenkamm from Kitzbühel. I do not want to miss it as it is a brilliant race that can be filled with drama. I will have to record it and watch tonight as I am off to Innsbruck to do some search and find today. Committed the cardinal sin last night, my returning guests arrived from Zurich at 20.00 but their friends, who were coming down from Basel, had been caught in traffic through Zurich and were badly delayed. After discussion with them I went to bed without waiting up to greet the others as they were not due in until after 23.00.. to late for this rabbit. Carlos was the meeter, greeter and supervisor for me last night. The house is quiet, all the lights were off at 5am when I went down, so I am assuming all is in order. The electrician made my day yesterday.. I now have motion sensors on two critical lights.. What am I like getting excited over such trivialities..  Happy Saturday from my corner to your corner..

HAHNENKAMM RACES KITZBÜHEL


Karl Koller
Thäus Schwabl
Toni Sailer
Karl Schranz
Phil Mahre
Thomas Stangassinger
Patrik Jaerbyn

1930/31

First International Hahnenkamm Race.

30's

A variety of slopes within the Hahnenkamm Ski Area are used as venues for the Hahnenkamm.

1932 - 1961

Ladies races run within the framework of the Hahnenkamm Races

1935

Construction of the Brückenschuss as part of the downhill run

1938 - 1945

World War II interrupts the string of Hahnenkamm races

1940's

The Streif and Ganslern establish themselves as the runs for the Hahnenkamm Races

1950's

Upgrade to racing standards of the "Startschuss","Mausefalle" and "Steilhang Einfahrt" downhill stretches

1960's

Upgrade of the "Alte Schneise" segment of the downhill

1966

On January 20, 1996, another chapter of skiing history is written on the Streif when the idea of the World Cup is born at the "Seidlalm".

1967

The first Hahnenkamm World Cup event takes place.

1970's

Upgrade of the "Hausberg" section

1980's

Intensive work to upgrade safety along the entire length of the Streif.

1990's

Further intensive safety improvements along the Streif and Ganslern runs, along with on-going improvements in spectator services. Running of Sprint-Downhill and Super-G as a third element within the framework of Hahnenkamm competition.

1990

Staging of the first sprint downhill in two runs at the 50th Anniversary Races "KITZ-KIRI-SKI"

1993

After being forced to cancel the Hahnenkamm in 1964, 1988 and 1993 due to poor snow conditions, the Kitzbühel Lift Co. installs artificial snow-making equipment to provide total coverage along the Streif and Ganslern runs. Construction of the Seidlalm jump.

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