Originally Posted by
berner
Until a few years ago I was active in winter sports, hiking, camping, snow shoeing and skiing. The best part was becoming friends with cold and snow where a cold wind on your face, (within reason) is invigorating and snow was something to go out and play in. I no longer have the lung power for those activities. Yesterday I watched a number of videos of back country skiing and was reminded of how much I enjoyed them. One favorite video is of a very popular ski mountaineering race from Zermatt to Verbier with hundreds of participants. In keeping with the practice of irrvelevant posts, here is that video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ayr7At_FnqU
I had a conversation, this past Sunday, with a German>Canadian fellow who used to race 50 km on cross country skis. He is currently 75 and looks at least 20 years younger. His father was high up in the SS
#12,001