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The History of Olympic Bids
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Tex Rodgers, a Buckhorn rancher, helping out in the Whistler parking lot.
1 of 19 		Franz Wilhelmsen pointing across the valley to the mountain that he helped to develop.
2 of 19 		A man peaking out the window of the Creekside Gondola to get a better view of Coast Mountain Range.
3 of 19 		A skier enjoying the slopes of the Coast Mountain Range that surround Whistler Valley.
4 of 19 		A skier carves a turn through powdery snow on Whistler Mountain.
5 of 19 		Gerry Renaldi racing down a course at the 1969 Canadian Garibaldi Championships in Whistler.
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Jane Ferris, a celebrated local icon, enjoying a little spring skiing on Whistler Mountain.
7 of 19 		A sign, located at Creekside base, shows the lodges and facilities available in Whistler.
8 of 19 		A skier hikes to the top of Whistler's peak before it was accessible by chairlift.
9 of 19 		A man standing by an old growth tree in the area which later became the "Whistler Cay Estates".
10 of 19 		Swiss skier Peter Mueller, winner of the first World Cup Downhill in Whistler in 1982.
11 of 19 		Franz Wilhelmson, the founder of the Whistler Ski Corporation
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Jim McConkey, head of the Whistler ski school
13 of 19 		Nancy Greene Raine, winner of two World Cup titles, and two Olympic medals.
14 of 19 		Rob Boyd training for the World Cup Downhill at Whistler.
15 of 19 		Past GODA President and longtime Whistler local Garry Watson speaks about the 1968 Olympic Bid.
16 of 19 		Video of John Fraser commenting on the development of Whistler Mountain in the 1960s.
17 of 19 		Video of Gerry Watson discussing the relationship between bid and development phases in Whistler.
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