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Two Planks and a Passion: The Dramatic History of Skiing

By Roland Huntford

Book information

Publisher
Continuum
Year
2008
ISBN
1441134018, 9781441134011, 9781847252364
LCC
GV854.1 .H86 2008
Google Books ID
IY7hYFesJe0C
Open Library ID
OL23124608M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
5 MB (5171296 bytes)
Edition
Reprint
Pages
455\455
Orientation
yes
Scanned
no
Time added
2012-02-04 16:00:00

Description

Roland Huntford's brilliant history begins 20,000 years ago in the last ice age on the icy tundra of an unformed earth. Man is a travelling animal, and on these icy slopes skiing began as a means of survival. That it has developed into the leisure and sporting pursuit of choice by so much of the globe bears testament to its elemental appeal. In polar exploration, it has changed the course of history. Elsewhere, in war and peace, it has done so too. The origins of skiing are bound up in with the emergence of modern man and the world we live in today.

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