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Vasa memorial...
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Americans crowd around the TV to watch the superbowl. Scandavians crowd around the finish line to watch world cup ski racers.
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Marit Bjorgen crushes everyone after a disappointing Olympics.
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Hilde Pederson 2nd - not bad for being 41 years old with two small children. Norway goes 1-2
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Traditional wool clothing with one pole and wooden skis.
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world cup finisher for women's race saturday
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Children's Vasaloppet - 50meters in downtown Mora with blueberry soup at the finish. This little gal was certainly less than 2
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Supersize Dalarna horse.
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Anna, Dave, Nellie, and Maria
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330am wake up call to make the 430am bus and the drive to Salen for the start of the 2006 Vasaloppet.
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-18 deg C, 20mph winds, and 3-4 inches of fresh snow make for the "most difficult" Vasaloppet in 20 years.
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Well over 50 busses transporting skiers to the start area 55.6 miles away.
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Start area in Salen.
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Start area - notice the semi trailers full of backpacks of dry clothes.
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Elite world cup wave - the studs.
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WE made the mistake of starting on the far left hand side and got caught up in a mass of thousands of skiers on the first hill.
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