Photography And Half-Thoughts By Mitchell Hegman

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Wednesday, April 23, 2014

Pond Skimming


During the winter months, the Yellowstone Club employs somewhere near 700 people to manage the roads, lifts, lodge, ski hill, and infrastructure.  As part of the employee appreciation day celebration, a “pond skimming” competition is held at the base of the ski hill.  Everyone is welcome to enter the competition.  The idea is to ski or ride a snowboard down the lower part of Pioneer run and then skim across a pond of water created for the event.  Many of the skimmers wear costumes.  Some make it across the water.  Most do not.  Everyone, including the spectators near the pond end up at least a little wet.
I am posting four photographs from the competition held two days ago.  The temperature at the time of the event was about 60 degrees.

 
 
 
 
Note: the girl in the pond in this last photograph was wearing a trout costume.
 
--Mitchell Hegman

2 comments:

  1. Was that somebody trying to fish in the last photo?

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  2. Yep. The girl in the pond was in a trout costume!

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