It was so cool to see u race and even though it wasn’t the race u might have wanted it to be, you showed so much compassion and care in being with Jessie after her bronze medal race! It was so sweet to see you care for your teammate! Your parents must be so proud of the great person that they have raised! Thank you for sharing your experience in such an articulate vulnerable way!
I am so impressed by your ardent pursuit of excellence, in all forms. That phrase that you quoted from the Charter jumped out at me and I hope we’ll get a chance to wax philosophical about it… 🥰💛
Thanks for sharing an inside view of the experience, and the definition of Olympism! Love it. Despite everything going on in the world, or especially now, we need things that bring us together. Appreciate how the US team is representing us to the world. Keep it up!
Hailey, thanks so much for your writing. I love how reflective you are about the whole experience, and how you allow us readers to see and feel it through your eyes. Adds another dimension for skiers and ski fans. Best of luck on Thursday! Warm wishes from Seattle.
I’m having a really tough time finding hope in something like the Olympics. I’m left wondering how immigrants & the non-fascists felt during the 1936 Olympics where multiple fascist countries were allowed to compete while they actively were in the middle of harming & killing ppl. I think of all the buckets of money being spent for these “games” & reminded of the Gladiator events in Rome where the people were starving & barely surviving and were given a “circus” to take their minds off their hungry bellies & abject suffering. This current Olympics cost approx $4.2 billion. That’s JUST the cost for Italy. Not each country sending athletes over. What can 4.2 billion do? Well it could build 42,000 homes at $100,000 each. We could be helping 42,000 families have their first homes ever. Instead, we waste it on circuses, ballrooms, secret police abductions of our neighbors, & making the rich MORE rich. So, yea. I’m not feeling the Olympics this yr bc I’m finally seeing how we continue to allow the rich to pull the wool over our eyes while we can’t even afford the wool & have to put our own blinders on credit.
This is probably a bot I’m responding to but I’m knowingly taking the bait on the faint hope it is not. Leave the bubble for a minute and read Hailey’s post. I know it’s tempting to change the subject to fit the narrative you want to push but let some sunshine in for just a minute. The world is a tough place and as you point out, it always has been. Hailey is trying to focus on human good, inclusion, effort and beauty. She deserves reward not shade. Sit this one out.
James Baldwin was asked why he didn’t “let sunshine in & just focus on writing” and he said “I wish I could but they’re killing my friends”. I’m not a bot. I’m a 46 yr old Scientist who’s DONE staying silent about the billions upon billions spent on entertainment & spectacle while being told it’s worth my friends being killed. It’s not. But apparently it is for you. Apparently, you’re not fed up w/ the bread & circus bc it’s worked for you. Meanwhile my neighbors can’t afford to turn their heat on in the dead of winter…..Meanwhile we have a tyrannical government abducting tens of thousands of ppl & buying concentration camp warehouses to kidnap even more ppl…..Meanwhile my parents health insurance went up from $300 a month to $2300 a month….. So by all means, tell us more about the bubble & narrative you wanna push. Like Baldwin I wish I could, but they’re killing my neighbors.
It was so cool to see u race and even though it wasn’t the race u might have wanted it to be, you showed so much compassion and care in being with Jessie after her bronze medal race! It was so sweet to see you care for your teammate! Your parents must be so proud of the great person that they have raised! Thank you for sharing your experience in such an articulate vulnerable way!
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I am so impressed by your ardent pursuit of excellence, in all forms. That phrase that you quoted from the Charter jumped out at me and I hope we’ll get a chance to wax philosophical about it… 🥰💛
Thanks for sharing an inside view of the experience, and the definition of Olympism! Love it. Despite everything going on in the world, or especially now, we need things that bring us together. Appreciate how the US team is representing us to the world. Keep it up!
Hailey, thanks so much for your writing. I love how reflective you are about the whole experience, and how you allow us readers to see and feel it through your eyes. Adds another dimension for skiers and ski fans. Best of luck on Thursday! Warm wishes from Seattle.
Ski with Joy, Hailey!! Loved the reminder about the Olympic Spirit!
Good luck tomorrow 😎
Go Hailey! Thank you for writing about the Olympic spirit and the village camaraderie. We need to keep this spirit alive.
Yay for Olympism
Deservedly proud mom and dad! So happy and excited for you, you are already a champion!
Thank you for your introspective piece Hailey! I love the part about the joy of effort! We can’t wait to cheer you on from Colorado this Thursday!!🤩
I’m having a really tough time finding hope in something like the Olympics. I’m left wondering how immigrants & the non-fascists felt during the 1936 Olympics where multiple fascist countries were allowed to compete while they actively were in the middle of harming & killing ppl. I think of all the buckets of money being spent for these “games” & reminded of the Gladiator events in Rome where the people were starving & barely surviving and were given a “circus” to take their minds off their hungry bellies & abject suffering. This current Olympics cost approx $4.2 billion. That’s JUST the cost for Italy. Not each country sending athletes over. What can 4.2 billion do? Well it could build 42,000 homes at $100,000 each. We could be helping 42,000 families have their first homes ever. Instead, we waste it on circuses, ballrooms, secret police abductions of our neighbors, & making the rich MORE rich. So, yea. I’m not feeling the Olympics this yr bc I’m finally seeing how we continue to allow the rich to pull the wool over our eyes while we can’t even afford the wool & have to put our own blinders on credit.
This is probably a bot I’m responding to but I’m knowingly taking the bait on the faint hope it is not. Leave the bubble for a minute and read Hailey’s post. I know it’s tempting to change the subject to fit the narrative you want to push but let some sunshine in for just a minute. The world is a tough place and as you point out, it always has been. Hailey is trying to focus on human good, inclusion, effort and beauty. She deserves reward not shade. Sit this one out.
James Baldwin was asked why he didn’t “let sunshine in & just focus on writing” and he said “I wish I could but they’re killing my friends”. I’m not a bot. I’m a 46 yr old Scientist who’s DONE staying silent about the billions upon billions spent on entertainment & spectacle while being told it’s worth my friends being killed. It’s not. But apparently it is for you. Apparently, you’re not fed up w/ the bread & circus bc it’s worked for you. Meanwhile my neighbors can’t afford to turn their heat on in the dead of winter…..Meanwhile we have a tyrannical government abducting tens of thousands of ppl & buying concentration camp warehouses to kidnap even more ppl…..Meanwhile my parents health insurance went up from $300 a month to $2300 a month….. So by all means, tell us more about the bubble & narrative you wanna push. Like Baldwin I wish I could, but they’re killing my neighbors.
Cutie mom and dad!! So so proud of you!! Good luck my sista friend!! You got this! ❤️🎉 I love you!!