Kongsberger Ski Club

Winter is coming, but it still feels so far away. Who doesn't need a little diversion right now? Here is a fun look back at Carleton history and the early days of triathlons and ultimate frisbee from Carl alumnus and hardcore triathlete David Evans: Left to right: David Evans ’82, Andy Clark (PEAR professor and head swim coach), and Ken Potts ’83, gathered together again for the 2025 Carleton Triathlon! The email came out of the blue last year. After more than 40 years of no contact, Ken Potts ’83 was asking if I remembered him (I did) and did I know that the Carleton Triathlon, née The Carleton Iron Person Competition in 1981 (which Ken started), was about to occur for the 43 rd  spring in a row? And, perhaps more importantly, was I still in some semblance of triathlon shape — and if so, did I want to return to campus to compete with him and current Carls, all now not even one third of our age?   I was impressed that Twin Cities Ken had tracked down Seattle David, excite...

KSC board member Jeff Eustis headed to Leavenworth last weekend for the summer WRAC meeting, representing KSC's request for grooming funds for next year and additional funds to clean up some annoying problems (flooding culverts and tippy port-a-potties). He was successful -- thanks, Jeff! -- and his report is below: Summary of WRAC Meeting This year I attended the summer meeting of the Winter Recreation Advisory Committee, or WRAC, which advises the Washington State Parks Department on the dispersal of funds collected through the SnoPark program for such activities as grooming. In brief, the Parks Department proposed and the WRAC recommended approval of $2.3 million across all of its categories of programs, including $191K for grooming at Cabin Creek and $2800 for ditch cleaning and leveling of the port-a-potty area in the parking lot. In short, the snow gods allowing, Cabin Creek skiers are in for another good year. As you should know by now, the maintenance and grooming of the Ca...