For Uskov, the Caucasus Mountains of southern Russia – giant peaks 12,000 to 18,000 feet or higher – were where he developed a love for skiing. “We started with the hills around Moscow and that evolved into the (Caucasus) Mountains.”<\/p>\n
A passion for skiing runs in the family, said Uskov, noting that a 74-year-old uncle just completed a ski trip to the Alps. Uskov’s son, Alex, also a member of Bradley’s computer science faculty, has been on skis since he was 4, said his father.<\/p>\n
The Alps represent a favorite ski choice for Uskov, who taught extensively across Europe before coming to the United States (he’s been at Bradley since 2000).<\/p>\n
“You get to the top of the mountain there and you’re literally above the clouds,” he said.<\/p>\n
While he skis strictly for enjoyment, Uskov takes the sport seriously. “I like the heights. I try to get to the highest point possible.”<\/p>\n
Uskov and his wife, Maria, a teacher at Midstate College and a champion swimmer as a teen in Russia, also enjoy the Rockies, where they skied last year over the holidays.<\/p>\n
Next year’s holiday trip is already in the planning stages. “We are thinking about skiing at Whistler\/Blackcomb in British Columbia (one of the ski sites for this year’s Olympics) or Lake Tahoe in December,” he said.<\/p>\n
Steve Tarter can be reached at 686-3260 or starter@pjstar.com.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n Read the original article from Journal Star<\/a>.<\/p>\n Distributed via Chicago Press Release Services<\/a><\/p>\n Like many, Bradley University computer science professor Vladimir Uskov has been paying plenty of attention to the Winter Olympics over the past two weeks. But for Uskov, 53, a member of the Russian national team in his native country in the 1970s, viewing the winter games brings back memories. “It was all about competition. Some […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-364286","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/364286","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=364286"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/364286\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=364286"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=364286"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=364286"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/img><\/a>
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