 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna January 1968, Redford akanzi agadzire uye nyeredzi uye akafamba naSalter kuenda kuGrenoble ndokuperekedza chikwata cheU.S. chokusvetuka achifamba mumabhazi, kurara mumakoridho, kutora mumhepo, uye kucherechedza vatambi. Humwe usiku muGrenoble, vakakurukura nezvomunhu mukuru waDavid Chappellet. Kufuridzirwa kwaSalter kwehunhu kwaive 1964 Olimpiki menduru yesirivheri Billy Kidd weVermont, uyo akaendesa hunhu hunozvikudza uye husina basa. Redford, zvisinei, akaona hunhu hwaChappellet sohunofanana zvikuru naSpider Sabich, mutambi anosimuka anobva kumaruwa eCalifornia, uyo akapedza wechishanu gore iroro mu slalom. Nepo hunhu hwacho pakupedzisira hwakatora mativi emhando mbiri dzekutevedzera, zviitiko zvekutanga zvaSalter zvekusimba kwakasimba pakati paChappellet nemurairidzi vakapona mukunyora. Kufuridzirwa kwepakutanga kwehunhu kunonzi ndiColorados Buddy Werner weSteamboat Springs, Chappellet akanzi anobva kuIdaho Springs, Colorado. Werner akapinda munhangemutange dzokumhanya muEurope mukupera kwema1950 uye ndiye akava muAmerica wokutanga kukunda mujaho weF.I.S. wokumhanya. Aizivikanwa nokuda kwomuitiro wokusafunga asi akatyora gumbo rake mukurovedza mwedzi miviri pamberi pe 1960 Winter Olympics paSquaw Valley umo iye aizodai akanga ari anodiwa nokuda kwemenduru mukuburuka. Werner akafira mumvura yakatsvotsvoma muSwitzerland muna 1964, achitambira boka rokutamba mafirimu. 