. Ski-running . and to left. It is noti necessary to standon the snow in order to learn these movemeaits. The carpet willdo, but remove all Dresden china from the immediate neigh-bourhood. WALKING WITH SKI ON THE LEVEL. Walking with ski on the level differs from ordinarywalking or skating in this, that one must not strihr out,there being no fulcrum or point of resistance. Kee|o the skiq)arcdlel and as close together as possible (closer than shown inthe diagram), for a narrow spoor has many advantages, besidesbeing good form. Throw the weight of the body forwardand slide on the advanced ley: th
. Ski-running . and to left. It is noti necessary to standon the snow in order to learn these movemeaits. The carpet willdo, but remove all Dresden china from the immediate neigh-bourhood. WALKING WITH SKI ON THE LEVEL. Walking with ski on the level differs from ordinarywalking or skating in this, that one must not strihr out,there being no fulcrum or point of resistance. Kee|o the skiq)arcdlel and as close together as possible (closer than shown inthe diagram), for a narrow spoor has many advantages, besidesbeing good form. Throw the weight of the body forwardand slide on the advanced ley: the hind leg must be absolutely 66 Ski-]iini/tni(/. disengaged—that is to say, do not strike out by trying tOprc«s the snow with it. Begin with long, slow steps, lungingforwanl with bent knee (Fig. 14). Do not lift the ski from, theground, but slide along regularly and conscientiously; do nothurry or fluny, but save your breath. In ones first steps onemust specially cultivate precision, sliding forward with ski. Fig. 14.—On the 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 exam
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