I've known Rob Douglas for at least 15+ years through our bike shop in Putney, Vt. and through mountain bike racing. We had many great races together in the 80's and '90s.
I skied with Rob at a X-C ski demo at Mountain Meadows last month. He was a nice guy.
I have to add that as we ate lunch together that day, he looked around to make sure no one was watching, and asked if we would mind if he ate some sardines. We said no, so he opened a can and wolfed them down and drank the juice. That was his lunch. We thought it was pretty funny.
Bevan