The Classic Guide to Winter Sports - The Classic Guide to ...

Well placed to discuss the art of skiing, Arnold Lunn was editor of the Climber's Club Journal and the Alpine Ski Club Annual, founded the Oxford University Mountaineering Club, invented the skiing slalom race and was eventually knighted for his services to British Skiing and Anglo-Swiss relations. Originally published as a cheap handbook for skiing, this Classic Guide is devoted to the needs of the beginner, from the technical aspects of how to ski to what to wear while doing it, published during a time when the Alps were relatively unexplored by British skiers. As ski lifts were an unknown entity during the early twentieth century, Arnold Lunn traces the difficulties of a ski-runner and the problems encountered while mountaineering in the dangerous winter alps.

ISBN:	9781445648903
Publisher:	Amberley Publishing
Imprint:	Amberley Publishing
Published date:	15 Nov 2015
DEWEY:	796.93
DEWEY edition:	23
Language:	English
Number of pages:	221
Weight:	298g
Height:	206mm
Width:	132mm
Spine width:	23mm

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