The rowing comments in the ACC thread reminded me:
A while back someone recommended the book "The Boys in the Boat" about the UW crew team who won the 1936 Berlin Olympics.
It's wonderful. I recommend the abridged version unless you have a lot of time to kill.
We've been talking about potential travel issues with Stanford joining the ACC.
In the 1930's the west coast rowing elite were Cal and UW. Cal squads had won the previous two Olympic gold medals.
For UW to compete with Cal and the other California schools, it was a full day's travel each way, and to compete with the national powerhouse teams on the East coast it took them at least three days on the train.
For such a long book it mostly glosses over their travel, which must have been a big deal for the kids back then.
A while back someone recommended the book "The Boys in the Boat" about the UW crew team who won the 1936 Berlin Olympics.
It's wonderful. I recommend the abridged version unless you have a lot of time to kill.
We've been talking about potential travel issues with Stanford joining the ACC.
In the 1930's the west coast rowing elite were Cal and UW. Cal squads had won the previous two Olympic gold medals.
For UW to compete with Cal and the other California schools, it was a full day's travel each way, and to compete with the national powerhouse teams on the East coast it took them at least three days on the train.
For such a long book it mostly glosses over their travel, which must have been a big deal for the kids back then.
