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This Kind of Punishment In the Same Room/5x4 2xLP/CD (Ajax...
...delivery of difficult rape scenes, where both actors must convey the violence of the scene while describing it and acting it out, is particularly skillful. The reverse scene, in which the female performers act out the parts of Achilles and Ajax, the perpetrators in the rape, creates a mood of self-assertion which neatly contrasts with the periods of despair. No Second Troy, if only for its subject and delivery, is well worth an hour of your time, and as is so seldom the case, it is also original...
Once skiers get to the top, they face no small challenge. Ajax is the only mountain in the Aspen area with no easy (green-rated) slopes. Although it has some intermediate (blue) slopes, it is best known for its many dangerous, fascinating expert slopes (eith black and yellow signs). Watch out for the trees...
Beginners may want to avoid Ajax--or at least to proceed with caution. If you feel you just have to say you've skied this behemoth, here's a tip: make a big show of getting on the gondola in the morning, spend the day in Little Nell's drinking hot chocolate, and then quietly ride the gondola down...
...advantage of Aspen is that Ajax, Buttermilk and Snowmass are all run by the same company, the Aspen Skiing Company. Tickets and gear are interchangeable--you can buy a three-day ticket at one place and ski one day at each mountain for no increase in price, if that's what you want...