I can only think of one reason why these Olympic Rings, at the grand stand area of the Dave Murray Downhill ski run on Whistler Mountain, are green:  I can only think that they represent a “Green” ie eco-friendly Olympics.  Seems somewhat unlikely given the number trees they have cut down to install housing, ski jumps, parking, celebration plaza’s, Nordic ski runs etc for the Games in Whistler.  Perhaps the least ‘green’ thing is the bobsled track, slated to be the second largest ammonia storage area in North America.  Cool to watch, but green?,  I don’t think so.

Whatever you may think, though, there’s something cool about the Olympics and like a child, my boyfriend Rob just had to climb into the rings for a photograph!

"Green Olympic" Rings

With the Olympics coming to town in February the local organizing committee (VANOC) have funded exceptional tree lights all the way through Whistler. They’re certainly eye catching:

Unusual Christmas Lights in Whistler

This is a photograph of Creekside, Whistler, showing the Dave Murray downhill ski run (far left as you look at the screen).  This will be used for the downhill ski races in the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Games in February this year.  I’ll be sitting on the stands cheering for the Canadian women!

Olympic downhill run to Creekside - the run on the left

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This is a photo of one of the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Games mascots:

“Quatchi is a young sasquatch who comes from the mysterious forests of Canada. Quatchi is shy, but loves to explore new places and meet new friends”.

Vancouver 2010 Olympic Games Mascot

Cross country skiing with my dog Zeus along the Rainbow Park to Meadow Park trail, we crossed the River of Golden Dreams.  Looked like a perfect winter wonderland:

Winter wonderland - River of Golden Dreams

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Santa brought me two light stands and a backdrop bar so I needed to test at least one of the stands – one flash off camera, bounced off the ceiling gives the photograph quite a lot more depth than straight flash on-camera:

Christmas dinner - testing my new light stand.

The snow today was still a little firm but up on Flute Mountain, higher up, it was pretty nice.  This is Rob making some turns on Flute Shoulder with the Spearhead Range in the background.

Rob making some turns on Flute Mtn

This is the more traditional view of Black Tusk.

The more traditional view - from 7th Heaven on Blackcomb

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Black Tusk is the core of a volcano apparently having erupted under ice.  It is probably one of the most photographed mountains in this area – for obvious reasons.  This is a somewhat unusual view of it, however, taken from Function Junction.  It’s a peak that you can climb relatively easily in the summer.

Black Tusk Mountain as seen from Function Junction