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This is a full-length study of skiing in the United States, tracing the history of the sport from its utilitarian origins (when frontier-dwellers in the mid-1800s mining communities used skis for practical purposes) to its advent as a purely recreational and competitive activity in the 1940s. ... Read more

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Written for all skill levels, from the "just curious" to the veteran desiring to enhance his or her appreciation of the winter world, this book offers guidance in attitude adjustment, clothing and equipment choice, safety precautions, respect for nature, and much more. Includes maps for each state, identifying the best spots for each sport, and information sources .Amazon.com Review
It's winter and it's cold out. You can try to run and hide, or youcan embrace the season and its snowy essence. On a pristine winter day, thesun glints off the snow-covered trees and the hills are silent save for theserene swoosh of skis and crunch of snowshoes. Charles Cook introduces youto the equipment, techniques, and Zen of snowshoeing and Nordic skiing,then tackles the where and when, with details on more than 500 spots in 38states, from the hills of Vermont to Mt.Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest. Snowshoeing and cross-country skiing are easy and healthy, whatever your level of athletic fitness, and Cook puts everything together in one enticing book. ... Read more

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Ski Camping is a beautifully photographed bookcovering camping and skiing in the backcountry. Topics covered includeplanning, equipment, clothing, food, trail techniques, skiingtechniques, snow camping, winter shelters, route finding and winterhazards.It has become a classic outdoor instructional book and isone of the most well received skiing books ever published. ... Read more

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I really enjoyed this one.Some of the equipment choices are outdated but the techniques, philosophy and sense of joy are timeless.Great pictures, great distillation of common sense approach, knowledge and techniques.If this book doesn't give you the motivation to get out into the back country you aren't going. ... Read more

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! At the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2009 in Liberec, Czech Republic, twelve cross-country skiing events were held with six for men and six for women. The format of the program has been unchanged since the 2005 World Championships in Oberstdorf, Germany. For the men's events, Norway won five of the six events and a total of six medals with Petter Northug winning golds in the pursuit, 50 km and relay events. Ola Vigen Hattestad won two golds in the sprint events. The only event the Norwegians did not win was in the 15 km event, won by Estonia's Andrus Veerpalu who became the oldest world champion ever. Norway would win only one medal in the women's event with a silver in the pursuit event by Kristin Størmer Steira. Dario Cologna of Switzerland, the overall World Cup leader entering the championships, had a disappointing championships with a best finish of fourth in the individual sprint event. ... Read more

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Chapters: 2002 in Nordic Combined, Cross-Country Skiing at the 2002 Winter Olympics, Nordic Combined at the 2002 Winter Olympics, Cross-Country Skiing at the 2002 Winter Paralympics. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 24. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Cross-country skiing at the 2002 Winter Paralympics consisted of 31 events, 20 for men and 11 for women. ...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=19888788 ... Read more

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Cross-country skiing was one of the three disciplines of the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2007, held between February 22 and March 4, 2007 in Sapporo, Japan. The distances and skiing styles were unchanged from Oberstdorf, and as in 2005, nine different nations won medals. However, France and Canada were without medals this time around, replaced by Belarus, who won their first medal ever through 19-year-old Leanid Karneyenka, and Slovenia, for whom Petra Majdič won silver on the very first day of the Championships. Norway took the most medals: twelve medals of a possible 36, with five of twelve golds, despite falling in the men's team sprint where the Norwegians were defending champions. However, compared to 2005 Norway had one less gold medal and two fewer medals, largely due to the less than stellar performance of Marit Bjørgen, who won five medals in Oberstdorf, but earned her best individual finish of ninth in the 30 km event in Sapporo. However, Norwegian skiers won both the sprint and 15 km for men, events they had not taken in 2005, as well as dominating the 50 km with gold and silver. ... Read more

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Chapters: 2003 in Nordic Combined, Fis Nordic World Ski Championships 2003, Cross-Country Skiing at the 2003 Asian Winter Games. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 20. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2003 took place February 18-March 1, 2003 in Val di Fiemme, Italy for a second time (1991). The ski jumping team normal hill held in 2001 was not held at this championships while the women's 30 km returned after being cancelled in the previous championships due to extremely cold weather. Additionally the pursuit races went from separate races run on the same day (combined) to Skiathlon races. February 26, 2003 February 21, 2003 February 23, 2003 February 19, 2003 March 1, 2003 February 25, 2003 February 26, 2003 February 20. 2003 February 22, 2003 Sachenbacher beat Zavyalova in a photo finish to earn the silver medal. February 18, 2003 February 28, 2003 February 24, 2003 The Finnish relay team finished second, but was disqualified when Kaisa Varis tested positive for doping. February 28, 2003 Spillane is the first American to win a gold medal in the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships. Ackermann beat Gottwald at the line to earn the silver medal. February 21, 2003 February 24, 2003 February 28, 2003 February 22, 2003 February 23, 2003 ...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=6437110 ... Read more