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ＭＩＵＲＡ ﾌｧﾐﾘｰ 夢 100年 ｽｷｰﾂｱｰ 2004年2月25‐3月3日
三浦敬三さん100歳の行事である、三浦敬三と４０年付き合ってきた茂見さん60歳と共に参加した。
26日 Snowbird ソルトレイク・シテイーからバスで約40分、でもこの日は雪で一時間掛かった。
夜間の大雪の為ゲレンデの整備後積もった新雪の滑降は極めて困難だった、
標高3000ｍ空気が薄く体力の要る新雪では長続きしない、この日は早めに切り上げた。
２７日 Snowbird 午前中は快適、でもアメリカで人気のスキー場が意外に狭く混んでいるのには驚いた。
（後で分かったが、ここは林の間や上の方の急傾斜が人気のゲレンデ、
でもこの日は視界不良と雪崩の危険で上の方は立ち入り制限が有ったようだ）
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28日 Snowbird この日三浦家4世代の滑降予定日、早朝に出発しゲレンデのホテルで朝食、
一般のスキーヤーが滑降する前にこのイベントが実施された。
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午前中はまずまずの天気、地元の関係者も含めて170名の大滑降は無事終了。
ゲレンデのホテルで成功記念パーテイーが行われた。
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| アメリカの新聞に出た写真 左上雄一郎 中央三浦敬三 右上私 |
新聞記事（詳細に書かれているので）そのままＯＣＲ転載する。
Ski's the limit for centenarian By Ray Grass Desert Morning News
SNOWBIRD−Keizo Miura's wish to ski on his 100th birthday in Utah came as no surprise to anyone,least of all his family. Skiing is what he enjoys most and does often, even as he moves into his 101st year. This season, before the snow melts, he will ski more than 100 days. Which, roughly counting, may make Miura not only the oldest active skier in the world but possibly the person who has skied the most runs in a lifetime. He figures he has skied, on average, at least 110 times a season since he took up the sport 79 years ago. That amounts to about 8690 ski trips and who knows how many thousands of vertical feet down ski slopes all over the world. Skiing, he has said, is what helps keep him young ... that and a good diet and rest. Early Saturday, seven family members−representing four generations−and a traveling fan club of about 120 people from all over the world joined Miura off Snowbird's Gadzoom highspeed lift and down the Bassackwards run to one of the Utah resort's most popular areas−Big Emma. On Big Emma the group gathered, fell into formation and followed Miura down the final leg of his run to the base. There his 4-foot 11-inch, 85-pound frame was buried in a wave of congratulatory wishers. Which, judging from his smile, made his birthday ski run even richer to him. Miura was born in Aomor, Japan, on Feb. 15, 1904. After graduating from what is now the University of Hokkaido, he went to work for the Aomori forestry bureau and became a member and coach of the local ski club. He retired at age 51 and has spent the second half of his life skiing. Of his Saturday experience at Snowbird, he said, through a translator, that he felt good, "enjoyed the skiing and found the snow very good" Which, said his granddaughter, Emili Miura, fits well into his philosophy about skiing, which is "That every day is amazing to him because every day the snow is different... that's the wonder of the sport."Planning for his 100th-year ski run began a year ago after he skied Chamonix's Vallee Blanche glazier on the side of the Alps' Mont Blanc in France. The family chose Snowbird because of its strong ties with the resort and because Keizo Miura Skied it some 20 years ago and loved it. Miura’s son, Yuichiro, best known as the "Man Who Skied Mt. Everest" back in a 1970 film, and last summer, at the age of 70, became the oldest man to summit the world's tallest mountain has been a longtime personal friend or resort owner Dick Bass, Who climbed Mt. Everest in 1985. In addition, Yuichiro's three children attended the Rowmark Ski Academy in Salt Lake City, and his two sons−Yuta and Gota−went on to graduate from the University of Utah Filling out the fourth generation in the skiing procession was Yuta's daughter, Rio, age4. What brought people from all over the world to follow Keizo Miura on his100th−birthday run, said his granddaughter, was that "everyone loves my grandfather. It's so amazing to see him skiing at 100. He has been a big inspiration to those who love to ski, especially as they get older. "The average age of the group who followed him to Utah, she said, is 65.7years. Another key ingredient to his longevity is his lifestyle, he has said. Miura rises at 5 each morning and does breathing and stretching exercises before heading out for a 40−minute walk. He eats a lot of rice and bony fish, which he cooks in a pressure cooker to make the bones edible. Seaweed and Soya are also a big part of his daily diet. He retires each night at around 9：30. His only health problem to date has been his hearing, and he must wear hearing aids. Following his skiing vacation here in Utah, Keizo Miura plans to return to Japan, where he has scheduled skiing trips to Teine Highland Resort in Sapporo and some mountain skiing at Hakkodo and Tateyama in Japan. And after that, in the years to come, his plans are simple−more skiing.
29日 Ｄｅｅｒ Ｖａｌｅｅ 滑降
この日も１０班に分かれて滑降、でも午後は自由時間、われわれ下の写真は三浦雄一郎、アメリカのオリンピック強化コーチ、
元オリンピック代表選手等と一緒に滑る。
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| ２９日 Ｄｅｅｒ Ｖａｌｅｅ で ほとんど同じ班の仲間です |
ここのオーナーでもある元コーチの案内はさすがにコース取りは抜群、
少し荒れたゲレンデの凸凹を見事に避けて滑降する。
トレーンで従ったが、一同すっかり上達した気分だと満足。
３月１日 Ｐａｒｋ Ｃｉｔｙ 滑降
ここが２００２年冬季オリンピックの主会場、さすがに広くコースが豊富である。
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| Ｐａｒｋ Ｃｉｔｙ 上級のメンバーに顔を出しました |
優れた雪質広いゲレンデ、周囲の大きな別荘群などさすがアメリカだと思った。
