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...Hunter, ex-Dartmouth and Olympic skier, is shown as he negotiated Dick Durrance's giant slatom on Mount Washington. Hunter, who was a member of last year's Dartmouth team which swept all events in the Sun Valley invitation tournament, won in the amateur division of the event. He is now studying in the Graduate School of Design. Hunter's allegiance will be divided when the Crimson ski team participates in the annual Dartmouth Winter Carnival on February...
...takes a much better skier to ski on the New England trails than on the Alpine trails in Switzerland," said Nat Niles, ski instructor at the Plymouth Swiss ski school and at the ski department of the Coop this week...
Niles pointed out that ideas about skiing have changed in the past few years. Up till three or four years ago it was almost unheard of for an inexperienced skier to attempt the steeper slops...
Speaking from years of experience, Cox gave the following advice in the interests of skiing safety: "The average skier should get his turns down past, and be able to run under control. Then it is safe to run a little beyond his ordinary rate in order to progress. But in general, speed is like going to a party and getting drunk. Skiing is just as much fun in moderation as it is in excess...
This run is a steep 1500 feet of icy snow. Heavy jumping-type skis are worn, weighted for stability and with handles for the crouching skier to grasp. Bermath laughingly denied that he was scared. According to him it was a great thrill, but nothing more...