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JANUARY 23, 1974 TERRACE BAY NEWS ; PAGE I5 SKI TIME America's Great Wintertime Sport First of a Series By Pat Dudgeon INTRODUCTION TO SKIING Schoos, Schoos. Weeeeeee. "Bend your knees, please." White winter-time. Mountains. Bright, shiny colors flashing through the snow covered trails. People sliding silently downhill with their feet fastened to brilliant-colored boards. What is this seemingly risky sport all about? Is it just another thing to do? A fad? Why dc such great hordes of people leave their suburban security to take on the most majestic of mountains under the severest of conditions? And pay to do so! Is this for real? Young and old, men and women alike risking their very limbs for what? Why do so many go so far so fast in order to glide, slide, slip and slither down mountains, across ridges and through valleys basked in the ivory white of winter? Whatever the reasons for these and many more questions about skiing one thing is certain -- again this year millions of Americans will be flocking to the hundreds of ski areas that have sprung up in this nation's mountains. Most people who try it seem to enjoy this participative sport. Some are forever fearful that broken bones await somewhere on the next hill. An ever-increasing number look upon skiing as a way of life. In the articles that follow we're going to try 4nd discover what it is about this rapidly growing form of exercise that makes it so popular. Let's start at the be- ginning. : HISTORY of SKIING Skiing in one form or another originated in Scandanavia. As many as 5,000 years ago wood skis were fashioned for use in travel, hunting and even warfare. Gods and goddesses of skiing are alluded to throughout Viking classics. It wasn't until the middle of the nineteenth century, though, that skiing as a sport began to emerge. It was then that ski-carnivals started to flourish in Norway. Using skiis weighing twenty-five pounds and measuring twelve feet in length, and with one stick used as a brake, participants com- peted in jumping events, and cross-country races. Mountain Sport The Norwegian miners who came to America and its mountains in search of gold brought with them their almost fanatical interest in skiing. With the gold rush in full swing skiing competition within the camps provided relief from the heavy workload. Thus the seeds of skiing were sewn in the mining towns of the Sierra< and Rockies. Skiing served other purposes too. Until the railro. .s were com- pleted it was a vital winter land connection and kept the mail moving. By the 1890's professional's were ski-jumping for cash prizes in such unlikely places as Minnesota, Michigan, Wisconsin and New Hampshire. Modern-day skiing has its roots in central Europe. Arourd the turn of the century many refinements were begun in order to adapt known ski techniques to the steeper Alps. Downhill skiing replaced jumping and cross-country as interest was sparked in Austria, France and Switzerland. Shorter skiis were introduced and two poles began to be utilized. Ski schools began to burgeon. All these influences spread to the mountains of the North- eastern United States and by 1932 Lake Placid, New York was playing host to only the third Winter Olympic Games. From that landmark the sport of skiing in America has grown to the appre- ciable size and stature it enjoys today in the outdoor recreation industry. The skiing boom here was helped along by many factors. Chief among them were the importation of European instructors and the introduction of mechanical ways to get skiers back up the hill. k Sun Valley, Idaho was developed by the Union Pacific Railroad in 1936. By this time the railroads were hauling thousands of skiers into the Eastern ski areas and thus such an enterprise was a natural outlet for Union Pacific capital. The first chair lifts were designed and built by their engineers and a whole new age in skiing began to emerge. It wasn't until after World War II, though, that skiing began to take the shape on which it exists today. And that brings us conveniently into the subject of our next article -- Skiing Today In The USA. WOMEN'S INSTITUTE MEETING Mrs. Joe Campbell presided for the regular January meeting of the Women's Institute, with members answering roll call by donating tea bags to the kitchen supplies and giving the name of a local civic official or employ- ee and his area of work. There was a lively discussion qf rising ° costs, sugar and other commodities, the en- ergy crisis in Canada and the United States, and the birth of Sasha Trudeau in Ottawa. Minutes of the last meeting were adopted as read by Mrs. Wesley Clemens, with Mrs. "Mavis Slater reading the treasurer's report Mrs. Kate Verdone having resigned. A new treasurer will be elected at the next meeting. A letter from Mrs. Margaret Zoeller, Editor of the Home and Country magazine, askec branches to continue sending information on their activities and black and white glossy pictures of special events. Mrs. Rebekah Johnson, Board member, sent a lengthy report of the Provincial Board meeting, as well as other pertinent literatur on W.I. activities. continued page I6 .... DID YOU KNOW? HIPPOCRATES WHO LIVED 400 YEARS BEFORE CHRIST, WAS THE "FATHER OF MODERN MEDICINE" IN HIS DAY SUPERSTITIONS RULED MEN'S MINDS, BUT HE BELIEVED ONLY IN FACTS § AND LOGIC. HIPPOCRATES LIVED MOST OF HIS LIFE ON THE GREEK ISLAND OF COS, BUT HE PRACTICED IN ATHENS, AS WELL. "THE FAVORITE MEDICINE OF HIPPOCRATES' WAS. HONEY. HE SUGGESTED VINEGAR AND HONEY TO RELIEVE ACHES. HE ESTABLISHED RULES OF CONDUCT BETWEEN DOCTOR AND PATIENT, MOST OF WHICH EXIST TODAY. HAMMERSTEIN I MADE HIS MONEY IN TOBACCO. HE WAS A THEATER MANAGER, TOO. ALTHO WE HAD OPERA HOUSES IN SEVERAL LARGE CITIES THE ONE HE HAD IN NEW YORK WAS A FINANCIAL FLOP.