"Booker C. Bense"
bbense+rec.skiing.backcountry.Feb.17.05@telemark. slac.stanford.edu wrote
_ All I have to say is that neither England or the USA are noted
for their dominance in any kind of XC racing never mind classic.

Aw, come on man. Didn't Bill Koch win an Olympic Medal?

My son was on the U.S. Ski Orienteering Team for the World Championships in
1994. My recollection is that none of the U.S. men successfully finished
the course. For the 2002 SWOC, the top U.S. woman was a Colorado resident
born in 1944. (She's a dear friend and while I've given her age I won't
give her name.)

Tommy T.