Abfahrt cancelled

Full of anticipation, we started with our special shuttle towards the men's downhill, the highlight of the alpine disciplines. Upon arrival at the venue, it looked promising; no clouds and just a little wind. We talked to our cameraman, with whom we usually do the course inspection run, and made our way to the cable car. It was moving quite slowly. But at the middle station it stopped. The wind was too strong. So we skied down the mountain and went to the helper tent. After a few minutes, our director came and informed us with the microphone that the downhill race was postponed to another date. Some cameramen were allowed to go up and take some weather film shots, which would be broadcasted around the world.

We were allowed to go over to the technical slope with Beni Giger. Our driver and Beni believed they knew a shortcut. Unfortunately, their plan didn't quite work out and we ended up in the middle of a farm where there was no way through. The positive thing was that we had time and also got to see a bit of Korean agriculture. The kimchi fields were really impressive.

When we arrived in Yongpyong, the giant slalom had already been set by the Italian coach. Beni Giger now set the flags in the best positions for the handheld cameras. And we pulled the cables to the corresponding spots and drilled holes for the posts and fastened the cables. To protect the cameraman, the Airfence team set up the appropriate airfence.

In the evening, after a very fine dinner, we went to the House of Switzerland for a nightcap. Patrick Küng was already dining there. We sat at the table next to him and enjoyed the most expensive canned beer we had ever drunk until then. After a few minutes, three bankers from Zurich joined us, so an exciting discussion ensued. They then spotted Simon Ammann, whom both they and we took a photo of.