Last week the Olympic torch was lit and it's making it's way to Vancouver for the 2010 winter games. The custom for many years has been to light the torch on Mount Olympus in Greece, the home of the Olympic games, and then do a relay for months on end until it reaches it's the home country of where ever the games are being held. However in 1952 the Norwegians in Oslo wanted no truck with tradition and they boldly flouted it. According to the Olympic website, "A symbolic flame was lit in the hearth of the Morgedal House in Norway, birthplace of Sondre Norheim, the great pioneer of modern skiing, and then relayed solely by skiers to Oslo."Jeebus love 'em, those Norwegians stuck a log in the fireplace of the father of modern skiing and off they went. Ya gotta love some rule breakin' Scandinavian folks.
On a personal note, the poster for these games is one of my favorite Olympic posters ever. Compared to this one, the one for the Lillehammer games of 1994 looks wimpy.
2 comments:
That's a beaut of a poster!
Yeh, I really want to be nice about this and welcome the world to our little peice of Heaven but the sleeping Polar Bear this is Canada will wake up just in time to lay some winter sports hurt on the rest of the world. Our time is coming bitches so you best just dress warmly, enjoy the hospitality and remember that your tears will freeze so try to have a warm crying towel handy. My unlimited love to you all.
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