March 2, 2003they wanted Perry Como---------------------
It was a beautiful sunny day in Ishpeming, Michigan to watch ski jumping at Suicide Hill during the 116th Annual Continental Cup competition. Unfortunately, the temperature was -4 degrees! I spent a couple of hours outdoors watching ski jumpers from around the world fly off of the hill. I climbed the landing hill to see the view that ski jumpers enjoy after flying off of the take-off ramp. Then, I climbed about halfway up the take-off ramp before I suddenly realized that a slip would likely lead to death. So, heart pounding and adrenaline rushing, I gingerly made my way back down to the ground. High winds forced the cancellation of round two just before 3 p.m. However, I was lucky enough to see Germany's Ferdinand Bader set a new hill record of 102 meters! New Slide Show!
March 2003 - Suicide Hill Ski Jumping - Ishpeming, MI -------------------- "The whole thing was just a big false front that was just suffocating and so dreary and depressing . . . They just wanted this thing that was just tight and unthreatening and flat and they wanted a dull lifestyle. They wanted Perry Como and this Ozzie and Harriet shell that we grew up in. The whole thing had this kind of creepy, nightmarish, grotesque quality to it."
R. Crumb,
talking about Post World War II America,
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