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I’m beginning this week with some follow-ups on reader input from previous columns.
First, some comments I received on my guest column by the late Bill McCollom. In that column, Bill described participating in one of the last hike-to-ski downhill races in the Northeast, which was held on New Hampshire’s Mt. Tecumseh in 1961. I heard from Peter Penndorf that he had been in that race as well.
Bob Burley knew Bill McCollom as a “consummate gentleman and intrepid competitor.” Their careers overlapped both as coaches for the Killington Ski Club and as masters racers. Bob also paid a great tribute to Bill by saying, “He left every person, race and trail better for his presence.” ....

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