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...skier believed to be Paul K. Schiller, special researcher at the Psychology Lab, toppled into a 100 feet crevice near the top of Tucker man's Ravine headwall yesterday and is now feared to be dead...
According to witnesses, the skier made a sweeping turn on the headwall lip, lost his balance, and plunged into a stream of frigid water at the bottom of the crack. Rescue workers dug shafts in the sides of the crevasse and were able to catch sight of the victim's skis...
Slave Labor. In Brunswick, Germany, a skier who had accidentally crossed into the Soviet zone reported that he had been held in custody for two days while the Russian soldiers made him give them skiing lessons...
...older than 23. She must not wear glasses." Stumm received 13 replies. He picked a slight (111-lb 5ft. 3-in.), dark-haired girl who wanted a holiday "awfully much." Later, Stumm reported that he had had a fine time. The girl had turned out to be quite a skier. Where was she now?" "I don't know. We said goodbye and she went back to work...
About snowshoeing one publicity brochure says, "Inns and lodges often keep snowshoes on hand to lend the non-skier or the person who wishes to go afield and read the tracks written in the snow by wild creatures...