The 5 Secret Numbers All Skiers should Know

I just called the emergency services in Halifax to check on Mike.

Seems he hit his head too hard when he discovered the correct answers to the quiz and fainted!

He is now "recovering" from the shock of NOT winning those Rossi Mutix!

His wife Judy is taking care of the man. I think I hear the moans here!

Pavel

ellistine wrote:Mike? Are you out there? :shock:

I can't believe you're not watching this thread on the day of revelation!

Hi Guys !!! Well now ... yes I should have known that Pavel was up to something here.

I was watching at 6:30 this morning but no messages. By 8:30 I had to leave for Halifax and just returned a short while ago. Friday morning I have a pattern which I call my "health and fitness day". Amoung other Friday morning practices I go skating with the lucky retired / senior people. It is more work than skiing and many of these people ski as well. Some have been following the quizz as well. We often threaten to bring our skis to make use of the snow piled up outside from scraping the ice every hour or so. Then Friday afternoon's during the summer my wife has free. Rather than going doing something different today we had to get back to the computer to check the answers.

Yes I do keep track of the costs as I like to know what to expect from a pattern. (I even keep track of the hours skated and how many hours I have between skate sharpenings. - I use figure skates so I want them in good shape. Most would wonder why as my spins need lots more practice to get them right.)

I do keep track of cost/run as I think I mentioned earlier in the quizz. This must have been one of the HOT remarks from Pavel! Last year, without checking my log, the cost was about $ .48 / run. The day I put in 51 runs helped this out. That day my wife had to go to Toronto on business so I thought I'd take the day off and go ski. (I'm a self employed mechanical engineer) I wanted to see if I could make it to 50 runs in one day. The chair opened at 9am and I completed my runs by 6:45 in the evening. It was a cold day at about -20C but I was determined to keep going. Thankfully there weren't a lot of people there that day. I met some friends who felt they were slowing down my count but the hill was open until 10 pm. If by 6:30 I wasn't so chilled I would have kept going. From run 45 on it was becoming a real challenge to keep going. But 2008 is another time to try for 13 hours straight skiing. Maybe I should start the "12 Hours of Martock" event !!! After this day with no stops for lunch, ( and having strong bladder control) the chill lasted a few hours.

Pavel revealed (to me) his plans for next years quizz, as cryptically as only Pavel can. It is really going to be interesting , very educational and a lot of fun for sure. I'm looking forward to see how he will make it work.

Obviously I took "nominal numbers" in the wrong sense. I should have stuck with my first impression when I took nominal to mean "small or simple" numbers. On re-checking the clues the "nominal" seemed to stand out to me and thought here is something that only Pavel would think of!!! Hidden in plain sight - right in front of our faces. When we are looking at the computer screen - the J2Ski logo in really right in front of our faces!!! I thought YES !!! this is Pavel personified !!! The mind of the culprit. Got me Pavel !!! Dean you were right !!!

This has been fun and a valuable learning experience. It has been great exchanging comments with you all. And some day wouldn't it be really great if we did hear Pavel was coming for us in his executive jet to take us on a ski trip. Even Pavel would want to know the final tally of cost per run for that trip!!! He told me once that his wife keeps the tally like this in his house.

Enjoy the summer and lets hope for some decent amounts of snow for the winter.

Now I'll get a closer look at the answers -- after putting my helmet on ... I think that would be a wise decision.

Mike

Thanks for the fun, Pavel. Number 5 was quite interesting. . .

Have a great summer all!!

Hi,
I am a new member! I think I have the correct answer.

Here it is;
1. 12
2 456
5. 6768
4697

Bye