Tremblant, PQ - December 2000/January 2001 - "Operation Millennium"

Date: December 26th, 2000 - January 2nd, 2001
Team Captains: Tom Albano, James Valentino
Team Members: Jason Peter Thorpe, Chris Orlando, Jim "The Legend" Aiello, Tony Konidaris
Vehicles: Jeep Grand Cherokee, Jeep Wrangler, Ford Probe
Lodging: Le Plateau

Important Events:
Jimmy and Tony late for departure, team not surprised, bagel run, 3-car walkie-talkie contact on Thruway, Chris and Thorpe barely audible due to Jeep softop, video cameras, border crossing, passports, Thorpe's Utah driver's license + Minnesota plates + Maryland registration = being detained at the border, Thorpe tries to video tape his inquisition, team waits for Thorpe to be released by Canadian government, Thorpe performs the Jeep 360 after release, "traditional bathroom stop" at border, making the wrong turn onto autoroute 20 in Montreal, team gets separated, walkie-talkies saving the day, usual confusion upon arrival at registration, arrival at Plateau, "this place is a fucking mansion!", heated bathroom and kitchen floors, picking your room, beer drinking begins, practicing helicopters off of the steps, drunken ice skating, Tom almost breaks an arm, fully stocked kitchen, double stuff Oreos, huck magazines, Tony fixing Tom's Raichle's, Tony'! s ina! bility to get up in the morning, Tony can't decide what to wear, Tony can't decide which skis to bring, Tracey Polon's Atomics, torsion rigidity, "Does this lift go to the top?", "You want to stop and take a five minute cigarette break?", meeting Max, First trip down Ryan Bas, Zig Zag, Vertige, "Why would I do this?!", "Why would I follow him?!", "Would you think any less of me if I didn't follow them?", Tom compresses spine off of cliff jump, video taped off-piste madness, Jim and Pete visit Le Edge, first decent down Emotion, Tony's yard sale, "holy shit is that Tony!?!", hiking through the woods to hit hard to find trails, getting lost, "skiing" down to the Plateau lift, taking the bus to/from the mountain, Tony talks to everyone, discovery of Le Shack and Le Poulet Grille, unnecessarily long shopping trips, BASEketball, TGR Video, Tom passes out with goggles on by fireplace, Jim's ter! iyaki c! hicken, Madden 2000, Tom is sick, team is frustrated, Pete and Jimmy's pork roast, Jets playoff game, "What's got 2 thumbs and likes to drink beer?"....."THIS GUY!!", World Junior Hockey Championships, Tom and Jim argue en route to La Diable, Jim drinks unholy amount of Extreme Onction, Jim hits on a 50 year old woman, Jim passes out drunk on bar, Max slams a glass of water down, bar patrons cheer, Poor team communication leads to no tickets for New Years Eve events, Tom is pissed, drinking piss champagne out of plastic glasses with the team as the ball drops, Pitch playing and video games = no going to the village, drunken hike up mountain, skiing down the mountain at night, dogging Snow Cats, Jim getting pissed, Pete and Jim huck themselves off of the crevase, digging Tony's car out, Tony's takes radar detecting lead for ride home, Pete hits an avalanche of snow getting on to 287 - almost dies, changes will be made...