Salt Lake 2002 Retrospective

Karl Schwolow, Soldier Hollow Venue Food and Beverage Manager, joins the Salt Lake 2002 Retrospective podcast to discuss teaching royalty how to eat hot dogs, building forts out of Wahoo boxes and wardrobe shenanigans (recorded 29 July 2020). A breakdown of the episode is below.

Please be sure to check out our Salt Lake 2002 Retrospective playlist on Spotify. You can also access the playlist and a map to favorite SLOC restaurants here. 

If you worked on the Games as a staff member, contractor or volunteer and want to share your story please email cnapier@gpfour.com.

WARM UP
00:25 - Karl joins from Charlottesville Virginia!
02:35 - From Cornell to SLOC

PRELIMS
07:34 - Role in SLOC
10:05 - Feeding 10,000 people / how to eat a hot dog

QUARTERFINALS
14:57 - Competitive eating / Wahoo forts
18:04 - FNB in an outdoor venue

SEMIFINALS
23:23 - Infrastructure challenges
28:08 - T-shirt mischief

FINALS
32:38 - Casual Friday
36:37 - Unexpected helpers (apartment move)

MIXED ZONE
42:20 - Unexpected medals
45:20 - Post-Games / the importance of sunscreen

COOL DOWN
50:48 - Culinary favorites
53:44 - Paralympic athletes