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...where," asked the 15th century French poet François Villon, "are the snows of yesteryear?" Ruth Kirk knows, and in her newly published Snow, she answers not only Villon's question but any others the reader-be he skier, scientist or snowbound suburbanite-may have about the stuff that delights children, often annoys and inconveniences adults, and, to a greater extent than most people are aware, has influenced the course of history and will continue to do so. As Kirk describes, the snows of yesteryear-and the years before that-have been compressed for thousands of years into...
...time a law was established to protect ski areas from responsibility once a skier gets off the lift, and to protect true skiing enthusiasts from those bent on mayhem and litigation...
...Colorado voters finally rejected the Games. The Lake Placid Olympic Organizing Committee then decided to reverse the trend. "We could all see the writing on the wall, see that the Games were pricing themselves out of reach for many countries," explains LPOOC President Ronald M. MacKenzie, 75, a former skier and speed skater who was also a member of the 1936 U.S. Olympic bobsled team. "What we're trying to do is give the Games back to the athletes...
Alarmists are raising the specter of $25-to $35-a-day lift tickets. Ski operators, though, have spotted what looks like an easier fix: the passage of special state laws specifying responsibility for accidents. New Hampshire, New Mexico, Washington and Maine already have legislation making the skier responsible for any downhill (as opposed to ski-lift) accidents. This week the Vermont legislature will consider a bill requiring ski operators only to maintain lifts properly and mark all trails and such foreseeable hazards as snowmaking hydrants. If it passes, schussers who come to grief will be on their...
Having a backyard ski slope gives Susan Blakely (The Towering Inferno) a lift. Installed in the driveway of her Los Angeles home, the fake flakes on her port-a-slope enable the model-turned-actress to prepare for her new movie role as a ballet skier. Susan, 28, is taking lessons in 360° turns and crossovers. The script of the film, Free Style, is "heavy and touching," she says. It is about a world champion ballet skier who feels she is past her prime...