Two Planks and a Passion

The Dramatic History of Skiing

Nonfiction, History, World History
Cover of the book Two Planks and a Passion by Roland Huntford, Bloomsbury Publishing
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Author: Roland Huntford ISBN: 9780826423382
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Publication: January 31, 2013
Imprint: Bloomsbury Continuum Language: English
Author: Roland Huntford
ISBN: 9780826423382
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Publication: January 31, 2013
Imprint: Bloomsbury Continuum
Language: English

Roland Huntford's brilliant history begins 20,000 years ago in the last ice age on the icy tundra of an unformed earth. Man is a travelling animal, and on these icy slopes skiing began as a means of survival.

That it has developed into the leisure and sporting pursuit of choice by so much of the globe bears testament to its elemental appeal. In polar exploration, it has changed the course of history. Elsewhere, in war and peace, it has done so too.  The origins of skiing are bound up in with the emergence of modern man and the world we live in today.

 

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Roland Huntford's brilliant history begins 20,000 years ago in the last ice age on the icy tundra of an unformed earth. Man is a travelling animal, and on these icy slopes skiing began as a means of survival.

That it has developed into the leisure and sporting pursuit of choice by so much of the globe bears testament to its elemental appeal. In polar exploration, it has changed the course of history. Elsewhere, in war and peace, it has done so too.  The origins of skiing are bound up in with the emergence of modern man and the world we live in today.

 

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