In a previous article, "Icebound" said:
As for government funding.... as I said before, governments fund many other
way-less-useful projects (and not just a piddling 10 million). Here is one
that not only entertains both the participants and the spectators, but
generates endless good-will and visibility for the Country and the Military.

And far better for the country than another country club in the ass-end of
nowhere that just happens to be the Prime Minister's home riding.


--
Paul Tomblin http://xcski.com/blogs/pt/
God was co-pilot
But then we crashed in mountains
I had to eat Him.