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Randy Pruden has now chimed to expand Jeff Wilson's record    
 of the A-Net tower installation on the new Franz's Ladies downill. 
For more, take a look at  Peter's Marvellous Day                     
Alpina Net Towers at Timing Flats
1. Alpina A-Net tower sections arrive at the Timing Flats. They are for the new Women's Olympic Downhill course on Franz's Run and to upgrade the Dave Murray Men's Downhill to Olympic standards
Alpina Net Towers at Timing Flats
Alpina net tower sections await assembly & airlift from Timing Flats. The area has been widened to make room for the combined/shared men's and women's dowhill finish.
Preparing Alpina towers for airlift
Alpina net towers being prepared for airlift to position on the new womens downhill.

A-Net Towers being picked up at the Timing Flats
2. A-Net Towers being picked up at the Timing Flats. The far hillside has been knocked right back to greatly widen the Finish Area.
Airlift over the Timing Flats
Airlift over the Timing Flats
The easy way to transport net towers
The easy way to transport net towers

Delivering a tower to location on the women's downill
3. Delivering a tower to location on the women's downill.
Rigging an Alpina A-Net tower
Teamwork sets the rigging before lifting a tower
Excavationg A-Net tower footings
Ozzie inspects a new step. The tower installations are temporary, to be removed after 2010.

Setting an Alpina net-tower on the women's downhill
4. Holding a tower in place. And we were told that Jelly does this by hand!
Setting an Alpina net-tower on the women's downhill
Rigging an A-Net Tower.
Locating a net tower
Locating the base of a tower.

Rigging and A-Net tower
5. Don't look back, you're not alone.
Net Monkeys at work
Net Monkeys at work. Hello! Are you clipped in?
Cable stays on A-Net towers
Too damn many cables! Which one to use?

Outline of an Net Monkey
6. Silhouette
Setting an Alpina net-tower on the women's downhill
This job is not for people who suffer from acrophobia. How.s the view?
The Net Crew works on all weather
The Net crew works in all weather - thick fog and heavy rain was all part of the programme

Locating a net tower
7. "Through rain or sleet or dark of night", the towers go up.
Heading up to set anot6her cable stay.
Ivan prepares to set another cable stay.
Guying a tower to a nearby tree
Setting a stay to a nearby tree. The A-Net towers are temporary and will be removed after 2010.

Setting a stay
8. Setting a guy.
Skier's
Putting some muscle into cinching up a cable stay.
 Skier's
Ingo's diamond. Towers rigged back to back at X-Y Junction. Men's course on the right, Ladies course on the left.
 Using the heavy duty gearUsing the heavy duty equipment
9. Using heavy duty equipment to pin a tower.
 Alpina A-Net towers on the Whistler Ladies Downhill
A row of Alpina A-Net towers starts to take shape. Is this "Rod's Route"?
 Skier's
The End - the Timing Flats after all towers are installed. Note that the tree island is now history.
 Skier's
tunnel under womens downhill on Hightway 86
10. Skier's tunnel under womens downhill on Hightway 
New Expressway Tunnel on Dave Murray Downhill
The new Expressway Tunnel on the Dave Murray Downhill at the bottom of the Weasel - no more "Kiddie Krossing for George and Co.
 Epressway Crossing Tunnel - Dave Murray Downhill
Overburden collects on the Expressway tunnel at the bottom of the Weasel. This tunnel does not seem nearly as large as the Highway 86 tunnel on the Ladies Track
Jeff Wilson
The Jellyman himself

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