Keeping up with Obermeyer

[Tricia]

CNN has a really nice article about Klaus Obermeyer.
Skiing's 96 Year Old Miracle Man

Snip from article

"Skis were long and were hard to ski on. We had the world's longest single chair lift and that was a cold ride.

"I thought wouldn't it be nice to be warm enough going up but stay also warm skiing down?"

After spending the day teaching at Aspen's ski school, Obermeyer devoted his evenings to coming up with entrepreneurial ideas, founding his company in the attic of his house.

After tinkering with a goose down comforter, Obermeyer concocted the first incarnation of what would become one of skiing's most popular accoutrements -- the down parka.