History Has Been Made

It all started back in the summer of 1997 when the little 25 meter jump in Lebanon, New Hampshire saw plastic for the first time.  They got a nice deal for the used plastic that had been on one of the jumps in Lake Placid.  They spent the summer getting the 25 ready for its first jumps on plastic and in September 1997 a new tradition began.

 

Each month the rest of the summer they jump on the "new" plastic.  Winter came and they continued jumping on snow.  Spring came and everyone kinda figured that they wouldn't be able to jump again until summer arrived.  But, lo and behold, Jon "Cannonball" Farnham took a look at the jump one late April day and saw the snow was all melted and called the boys up and got them out to start jumping on the plastic.  It has been nothing but jumping ever since.

 

Not to be outdone, on Saturday, December 18, 2004 the 50 meter jump in Lebanon was jumped for the first time of the 2005 winter.  Little was it known at the time what was getting started, not even to myself who came up with the crazy idea.  It took until mid-March before the idea hit me and then it took a couple more weeks before I had found someone that was willing to go for with me.

 

I saw four potential hurdles that would have to be overcome in the beginning but I knew that if the four hurdles could be crossed and if I didn't hurt myself or have car problems, the one that kicked me in the butt after 38 straight weeks of jumping, that I could very well end up jumping 52 consectutive weeks.

 

Dateline: December 4, 2005

 

Both traditions have kept themselves intact to this point.  Today, Dan Brown and myself both jumped the 25 for the first time this month, under a mix of snow and plastic.  This marked the 100th consectutive month of ski jumping on the 25 and the 52nd consecutive week of ski jumping at Storrs Hill.  The 25 meter jump will see its 52nd consectuctive week coming up in two more weeks.

 

No one other than Dan and I was around.  Everyone else had all been out working late last night on both the 50 meter inrun and making snow on the landing hill of the 50.  I think they all must have went home and went to bed, LOL!  The celebration will definitely happen at some point later on this season once things calm down a little and everyone gets a chance to catch their breath.

 

Until next time

Keep the ski tips up,

Crash