Ostrander Ski Hut

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Will Ski for Food: The Durkee/Weamer Story

Boswell & Dr. Johnson; Lewis & Clark; Nixon & Kissinger, Laurel and
Hardy—names that resonate among the great collaborations of history.
Now, at long last, the story of Durkee & Weamer can be told. The parts
that can be reconstructed, anyway.

Action Photo: Here Weamer tosses a carefully constructed bon mot to Durkee, who then crafts it into a memorable epigram: HW: “Well, let's get this show on the road.” GD: “To strike while the iron is hot is not enough; one must first know when to heat the iron.”

The resume shot that got him hired. Durkee shows the laser-like intensity
that characterizes his work habits. Out of a flood of awe-inspiring
applicants for Hutmaster j.g., Weamer recognized that here, at long last,
was someone who'd never be able to find anything else, anywhere, anytime;
someone who'd suck up bigtime just to eat the table scraps that dropped
from his patrician beard; someone who'd work for nothing and be
gosh-darned happy to do it.

“There, then, he sat, holding up that imbecile candle in the heart of
that almighty forlorness. There, then he sat, the sign and symbol of a
man without faith, hopelessly holding up hope in the midst of despair.”
Melville, Moby Dick