Well that must have been interesting…. Lucky you.

Podborski’s second place finish at the 1982 Whistler downhill all but clinched the World Cup title (becoming the first North American male downhill skier to do so). But it wasn’t confirmed until a following race in Aspen, Colo. The only skier who had a chance of catching the Canadian, Austria’s Harti Weirather, had to win back-to-back races at Aspen, a tall task. Coincidentally, the “hated” Mueller deprived Weirather of that opportunity by winning the first Aspen race ahead of the Austrian. Podborski, who finished 14th, thus became the season’s downhill champion. (P.S. I was there to see it). Those were the days, as you say . . .

Hi Eve my wife’s family purchased the house in 1956 and then sold it 10 years later for $13,500. She has fond memories of the neighbourhood. Goimg to the local school Laura Secord then Van Tech. Hauling sawdust into the basement for the furnace and on and on.

My partner and I also went to that open house in early 1986 and were very tempted to buy it, but the asking price was a little beyond what we could afford. My recollection was it was listed for $140K. Someone we knew bought the house intending to operate as a b&b, but soon abandoned that plan and sold it to Doug.