. Ski-running . ski should be kept closer together than shown. The closer the better. exactly parallel, and distributing the weight properly. Leanforward ! slide! * A single stick on the level is of but little service, but withtwo sticks the pace can be considerably increased, especially on agood firm surface. Both sticks should be thrown forwardsimultaneously, and the slide on the advanced leg acceleratedby a vigorous push with both arms. When proceeding in thisway it is well to observe some kind of rhythm; and, as the snowis seldom slippei-y enough to admit of a push at each step,
. Ski-running . ski should be kept closer together than shown. The closer the better. exactly parallel, and distributing the weight properly. Leanforward ! slide! * A single stick on the level is of but little service, but withtwo sticks the pace can be considerably increased, especially on agood firm surface. Both sticks should be thrown forwardsimultaneously, and the slide on the advanced leg acceleratedby a vigorous push with both arms. When proceeding in thisway it is well to observe some kind of rhythm; and, as the snowis seldom slippei-y enough to admit of a push at each step, oneshould i-un, for example, one, two, three steps (swinging thesticks forward), and then push with the arms, sliding on, say, theright leg; then run one, two, three; ateps and push, sliding on theleft leg, and so on. UP-HILL. To the laity it is a matter for wonder how it is possibleto climb any considerable hill at all on ski. We rememiber * Look at the frontispiece for an example of first-class A Stiff !•:. C. Richardnou. The Elements of SM-Miinning. 57 well the look of polite incredulity which passed across theface of a mountaineering friend some years ago when we toldhim that a certain well-known pass in the Alps had beentraversed in winter. He had tried ski himself, but had madeveiy little of them, and the pass in question is a stiff one tonegotiate even in summer. But now long climbs on ski inwinter have become so common that it is unnecessary to pursuethe subject further than to quote the classical observation ofOlaus Magnus, There exists no mountain, however high, whichby means of cunning by-ways he (the ski-runner) cannotsurmount. It is, however, well to observe here that some of the accountsof the ease with which one can climb hills on ski have beenexaggerated. In rare conditions of perfect snow one may pea-haps ascend as quickly as in summer, but, roughly speaking, itmay be said that ski are about twenty-five per cent, slower up-hill t
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