Balloon Fiesta madness is upon us again and the gas crisis/economic crisis hasn't deterred many balloonatics from visiting. Saturday, Oct. 4th was the first day with a mass ascension of over 650 balloons. I was there early to help Richard Abruzzo put up the Sandia Tram/Ski Santa Fe balloon. He was going to give a celebrity ride to extreme skier icon, Glen Plake and his wife Kimberly, who were here for a ski show at one of the local ski shops.
Left to right, Elyse Saugstad, the 2008 Freeride World Champion
Female, her boyfriend, Cody Townsend, a member of the World
Freeride Team, and Glen Plake
(Richard is the bald guy in the middle)
Kimberly Plake getting a grin
Close-up of Big hair
Glen and wife Kimberly helping to inflate
the balloon
Local TV guy and balloon nut, Steve Stucker
doing an interview just before launch.
Up and away with a celebrity wave
The Peak Express with the Tram
on one side and the Ski Santa Fe
Bear on the other
Female, her boyfriend, Cody Townsend, a member of the World
Freeride Team, and Glen Plake
(Richard is the bald guy in the middle)
Kimberly Plake getting a grin
Close-up of Big hair
Glen and wife Kimberly helping to inflatethe balloon
Local TV guy and balloon nut, Steve Stuckerdoing an interview just before launch.
Up and away with a celebrity wave
The Peak Express with the Tramon one side and the Ski Santa Fe
Bear on the other
Glen and his wife (who is a good skier too) are really nice, down-to-earth people. They travel all over the US to small and medium sized ski areas in the winter promoting skiing.
Glen is a designer with Elan skis and also designs sportswear as does Kimberly. They spend a lot of time in Chamonix. Glen still skis for films, mountain climbs and drives race cars.
Nice life for a big mohawk
Glen is a designer with Elan skis and also designs sportswear as does Kimberly. They spend a lot of time in Chamonix. Glen still skis for films, mountain climbs and drives race cars.
Nice life for a big mohawk
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