18 Nov, 2006 @ 16:58
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Three ski workers injured in Sierra Nevada resort

IN the run-up to the ski season, the slopes of the Sierra Nevada are alive with activity.

Centursa, the management company of the ski station has committed to a December 1st opening of the ski slopes, weather permitting.

In the meantime, fifty snow cannons have been put into action in order to create enough of the lucrative white stuff to please skiers and snow-boarders in a week’s time. The slopes Principiantes, Perdiz, Zorro and El Río are experiencing a flurry of artificial snow around the clock.

The success of the operation is dependent on weather conditions; the sierra needs plenty of cloud to keep temperatures below zero in order to maintain the artificial snow.

Three workers were injured after falling from the metal structure of a ski-lift in the Sierra Nevada whilst carrying out maintenance works in preparation for the new season. The accident, which took place in Borreguiles, was attributed to high winds in the region.

Jon Clarke (Publisher & Editor)

Jon Clarke is a Londoner who worked at the Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday as an investigative journalist before moving to Spain in 2003 where he helped set up the Olive Press.

After studying Geography at Manchester University he fell in love with Spain during a two-year stint teaching English in Madrid.

On returning to London, he studied journalism and landed his first job at the weekly Informer newspaper in Teddington, covering hundreds of stories in areas including Hounslow, Richmond and Harrow.

This led on to work at the Sunday Telegraph, Sunday Mirror, Standard and even the Sun, before he landed his first full time job at the Daily Mail.

After a year on the Newsdesk he worked as a Showbiz correspondent covering mostly music, including the rise of the Spice Girls, the rivalry between Oasis and Blur and interviewed many famous musicians such as Joe Strummer and Ray Manzarak, as well as Peter Gabriel and Bjorn from Abba on his own private island.

After a year as the News Editor at the UK’s largest-selling magazine Now, he returned to work as an investigative journalist in Features at the Mail on Sunday.

As well as tracking down Jimi Hendrix’ sole living heir in Sweden, while there he also helped lead the initial investigation into Prince Andrew’s seedy links to Jeffrey Epstein during three trips to America.

He had dozens of exclusive stories, while his travel writing took him to Jamaica, Brazil and Belarus.

He is the author of three books; Costa Killer, Dining Secrets of Andalucia and My Search for Madeleine.

Contact jon@theolivepress.es

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