Tom Kelly
Photographer and Storyteller at Freelance
Host at Heartbeat: US Biathlon Podcast
Host at Last Chair: The Ski Utah Podcast
Olympic communications professional and public speaker.
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1 week ago |
parkrecord.com | Tom Kelly
A smile crossed my face last week when I read that the Guardsman gate was open. Now, for the next five months, Park City is easily connected to one of Mother Nature’s greatest wonders: Big Cottonwood Canyon. Crossing over Empire Pass, we gazed out over Bonanza Park, our eyes moving up to Clayton Peak and eyeing the saddle of Guardsman. It was a slow day at the pass, so we stopped for a few minutes, sharing water with a cyclist who had ridden up from Cottonwood Heights.
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2 weeks ago |
parkrecord.com | Tom Kelly
Entering the museum, my eyes were immediately drawn to a painting by Dale Minson of downtown Sandy in 1911. A horse-drawn water tank was calming dust on the dirt streets, while an electric trolley stopped at the intersection of Main and Center. Across the street, a steam engine on the Union Pacific line was hauling a load of ore to a nearby smelter, standing on the tracks in front of the Jensen & Kuhre Hardware Store.
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1 month ago |
parkrecord.com | Tom Kelly
It was a beautiful spring day last week as we wandered around Boston from Newbury Street to the Freedom Trail, exploring the origins of our great nation. Every street presented yet another new adventure, while around every corner was a Dunkin’ Donuts. Dunkin’ is a thing in Massachusetts, with over a thousand of them. Here in Utah, we have two.
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2 months ago |
skiutah.com | Tom Kelly
Listen and subscribe through your favorite podcasting platform There are many unique things about Utah’s Beaver Mountain, the longest-running family-owned ski area in America. But nothing compares to the experience of meeting Marge. Since marrying into the Seeholzer family in 1964, Marge has spent most of those 60 ski seasons at her window in the ticket booth next to the lodge, a few steps from the Harry’s Dream lift.
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2 months ago |
skiutah.com | Tom Kelly
Listen and subscribe through your favorite podcasting platform Last July 24, a large contingent from Utah was in Paris for the International Olympic Committee’s awarding of the 2034 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games. Meanwhile, back in Salt Lake City, thousands were gathered in the pre-dawn darkness in Washington Square, watching it all live. Suddenly, IOC President Thomas Bach made the announcement.
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This week in the @ParkRecord, we take one final Sunday Drive of the season, reminiscing on a wonderful season of adventures. Next week it's time to dust off the skis as Ridgelines returns. #sundaydrive https://t.co/UZuQ7HMdJg
Olympic athletes have remarkable community stories to tell. Olympic mountain bike silver medalist @BattenHaley is a hometown hero in Park City and brought her message to the @VisitParkCity Tourism Fall Forum. #mountainkind @CarlaBoecklin https://t.co/8uFl0rtEOV
As a mountain community, we take pride in collaboration. Proud to moderate @VisitParkCity's Tourism Fall Forum with local resort leaders. #mountainkind https://t.co/gTI2h4plh8