TheExpeditioner.com Is Headed To The 2010 Olympic Games

86 events, 17 days, 5500 participants from 80 various countries, 3 billion television viewers, and 1 managing editor sent to stir up the pot and see what occurs. Yes, the rumors are correct: I will be loading up my camera, skis, tickets, and laptop and heading to Whistler on February 9th for roughly a week, to see what all this Olympics hype is about (and to do my ideal tracking down the notoriously inept ski jumper from Calgary’s ’88 Olympics,  Eddie “the Eagle” Edwards — he’s got to be nearby, appropriate?).

Actually, even though, I am incredibly fortunate to have this opportunity. To numerous, the Olympic Games symbolize the coming collectively of people today and cultures from all more than the globe. In spite of its controversy, as there normally seems to be at this occasion, I have always held the belief that the games imply extra than winning a race of a sport that you by no means see but each and every four years. It is about representing your country, your self, spirit, abilities, and seeing the best in people from different backgrounds.

In addition to all that, how cool is the Skeleton (picture extreme headfirst sledding, in tights, somewhere within Avatar’s Pandora)? Where else do you see cross country skiers with rifles on their backs, or curling for that matter? This is stuff you just don’t see each day!

To far better adhere to the happenings, TheExpeditioner will place up a picture along the appropriate hand side of the web page, under the Features Section. So, keep an eye out for my every day Olympic dispatches from my time in Vancouver, Whistler, and everywhere in among.