Word: bardonecchia
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...utterly oblivious to the Games' gravitas, a weight largely manufactured by sponsors and NBC. Sometimes, it helps to just chill. And have a wicked good time. Case in point: the U.S. Olympic snowboarding team, rad and rippin', which bagged three titles last week in the pristine Alpine town of Bardonecchia, 60 miles northwest of Torino. It was a dominating performance that accounted for nearly half the country's total golden hardware...
Despite several days of storm and blizzard that had stopped trains, sent ships to port, at Bardonecchia (some eight miles from the French border) three companies of Alpine troops with jaunty eagle feathers in their hats and skis slung over their shoulders marched out of barracks for a practice ascent of Monte Galambra. Snowfall was so heavy that two companies turned back. The leading company, officered by a Major and two Captains, pushed through the blizzard, attained the summit. Halfway down they were forced to take shelter in a rest house, were marooned there nearly 36 hours without food...
Hundreds of miles from the snows of Bardonecchia, other Italian soldiers died fighting in the Sahara. In Libya for over a year Italian troops have been waging private war against revolting Senussi tribesmen. Last stronghold of the Senussi is the Oases of Kufra, 350 miles across the open desert from the oasis of Zella, Italian base. Three columns, containing several regiments of native troops and a squadron of armored cars, escorted by a squadron of airplanes, moved against Kufra by forced march. Last week they struck. Every man and boy who could hold a rifle fought in the Senussi ranks...
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