In the coach's cottage on the radio, Jose Canseco hit a deep home run. Lansford scored. Mac continued his story.
"'Jay Peak?' I asked Lieutenant Lafitte."
'High altitude, rough terrain mountain in far North Vermont, only a few miles from the Canadian Border. I have never trained to race, but because on skis I can negotiate untamed mountains, Minnie Dole recruited me for his fledgling Ski Patrol. The wheels turned, and the next thing I knew I was on a troop train to Colorado.' In Pete's hand was a letter.
'From a pretty land girl whom I met at a train station. She was saying goodbye to her brother. I was headed here.' Lieutenant Lafitte gestured out the window at Kokomo Pass and 12,300 foot Sheep Mountain.
'I'm saving this to read in my bunk tonight.'"