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'Ambassador To World' - Legendary Ski Writers Dies

By Craig Altschul
May 07, 2007

The Mahre twins decision to shake up the U.S. Pro Ski Tour during the tours 90s heyday drew Metivier to the finish line again, chronicling the dual gates events and hosting media at each race venue.

The pinnacle of his ski writing career came in the four years following the Lake Placid Winter Olympics of 1980 and leading up to the Sarajavo, Yugoslavia Games of 2004. A series of articles over four years, dubbed "The Road To Sarajevo," was quite probably the most significant, in-depth profile of an American team of athletes ever written. He later wrote a one-year follow-up, called "The Road To Albertville" for OnTheSnow.com, produced by the publishers of The Industry Report.

"Don could whip up a story faster than a desert sandstorm. And, while he was talking, you often found yourself getting lost in enjoyment, and a little bit of awe," reads an editorial in the Post Star of April 10. "As individuals, we can all recall losing a close personal friend. But rarely, does an entire community experience that loss with the passing of one person."

Veteran publicist Tony Furman perhaps summed up the feelings so many people – including virtually the whole town of Glens Falls (and the police and firemen who saluted him by participating the funeral possession) and all of us at Mountain News succinctly: "Don was a real pro and true gentleman. He will be missed."

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	I think you'll find that the Sarajevo Olympic Games were in 1984, not 2004. Was there much left of Sarajevo in 2004 ? Chris Bowler.
	Posted by: | May 8, 2007 05:42 AM

	Of course Sarajevo was 1984. Typos (unfortunately) happen. The fact that there was little left of Sarajevo greatly saddened Don. -- Editor
	Posted by: Craig Altschul Editor | May 30, 2007 01:20 PM