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Hawaii man aims for 100 resorts this winter |
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Friday, December 30, 2011 09:40 |
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Photo by Dominique Taylor, Vail Daily
By JOHN LaCONTE, VAIL DAILY
When Steve Fisher and his girlfriend Carolyn Flaherty entered the Vail Valley this week, they came in the Minturn way, along Highway 24. They stopped at Kirby Cosmo's for a quick bite and, unmistakable in their giant yellow airport taxi, were recognized by a local man who saw the couple cruising around New Mexico earlier this month.
“I saw your Maui Ski Bus in Santa Fe recently — what's the deal?” asked the man.
Fisher proceeded to tell him his story, and the van's story. The airport taxi was converted to the highly recognizable Maui Ski Bus this summer and outfitted for Fisher's mission: to ski 100 different resorts this season.
“I've met a lot of great people along the way,” he said.
Fisher skied Vail on Thursday, which was resort No. 16 on the list. And he plans to ride Beaver Creek all day today, so if you see him out there, wish him luck. He may even give you a mauiskibus.com sticker; he had 5,000 of them printed up for the journey and says handing them out has been among his favorite parts of the trip so far.
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