Word: skier
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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John Houser was the first Crimson skier to come in as he took 18th position in 2 minutes, 28.3 seconds. Gordon Abbott was 39th, Jim Weaver 41st, Bill Wasserman 45th, and John Hart 50th...
...every college must enter five men in each of the four events, much emphasis is placed upon the all-round skier who can compete in the downhill, slalom, cross-country, and jump. Except for Wasserman and Weaver, who are experienced in all four, the Crimson is a little short on good four-event skiers...
James K. Weaver '51, of Glenwood Springs, Colorado and Adams House, was elected captain of next year's ski team at a Varsity club meeting yesterday. Weaver is a four-event skier specializing in cross-country and jumping...
...pining rose, he can fall flat on his face. In the better works, wit gives weight to his wobbly lyricism. Viereck is at his typical best in a poem inspired by a newspaper headline: GLACIER ACCIDENT KILLS SKI PARTY; ONE BODY STILL MISSING. Impersonating the lost, icebound skier, he wrote...
Because the beginning skier has no knowledge of the techniques of slowing down, he travels very fast on his skiis. However, to stop him from going too fast, beginner's slopes are usually almost flat. As the skiier advances, he learns to hinder his progress by slowing up more effectively. To balance this the intermediate slopes are a little steeper than those for the beginner. The science of skiing is, therefore, a mathematical progression. The steeper the slope of the hill is, the slower the experienced skiier is able...