Word: skiing
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Directed by Tom Tykwer (Run Lola Run), this movie tells the story of four twenty-somethings—a film exhibitor, a nurse, a translator, and a ski instructor—are brought together in a small village in the Alps. Their lives interweave with two romantic relationships, and the birth and death of two children. The story is told against sweeping, gorgeous landscape panoramas of the snowy Alps, and Tykwer quotes from films like Hitchcock’s Spellbound and Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey to present his analysis of a confused, noncommittal generation...
...Mountain Fun, Minutes Away,” boasts the Wachusett Mountain slogan. It is the only ski resort in Massachusetts to call itself a “mountain.” With 22 trails, two chairlifts and 100 percent snowmaking capabilities, Wachusett is certainly your best bet in the state...
Known as the “ski capital of the East,” Stowe rivals the ski meccas of the Colorado Rockies. With eight chairlifts and a gondola, getting to Stowe’s 60 trails is easy, as is access to the mountain, named for the resort town in which it is located. Stowe is equally as hospitable to snowboarders with its new program “Ridestowe...
...champion ski-jumper, Montgomery also enjoyed gardening, hiking and wood carving, a hobby he took up at age 8. He carved portraits of George Washington and Abraham Lincoln, among others...
...adventurer Doug Stoup became the first American to ski from the Antarctic coast to the South Pole. But there was something wrong with the trip: it was too darn slow. So, working with bike designer and aerospace engineer Dan Hanebrink, Stoup came up with an alternative to skis: a bike that he could ride in Antarctica. The ice bike has no plastic parts (which would freeze and shatter in the extreme conditions), and the superfat, low-pressure tires provide traction in situations that would make a mountain bike weep. After a successful trial earlier this year, Stoup says...