Before Scandinavia: These could be the first skiers. . .

check this out . . interesting read


http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/0315/p01s01-woap.html

By Robert Marquand | Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor
BEIJING –
Move over Bode. You may have competition you don't know about - among
a sturdy skiing clan in northwest China.
They are central Asians, Mongols, and Kazaks, living in the remote Altay
mountains of Xinjiang province, where some claim skiing was first
conceived. Using curved planks whose design dates back 2,000 years, the
Altaic peoples are formidable skiers. They might not win a medal on
perfectly groomed Olympic trails. But they can break their own paths,
track elk for days in deep snow, and capture them live.

gr wrote:
Bruce Mardiney wrote:
check this out . . interesting read


http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/0315/p01s01-woap.html

By Robert Marquand | Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor
BEIJING –
Move over Bode. You may have competition you don't know about -
among a sturdy skiing clan in northwest China.
They are central Asians, Mongols, and Kazaks, living in the remote
Altay mountains of Xinjiang province, where some claim skiing was
first conceived. Using curved planks whose design dates back 2,000
years, the Altaic peoples are formidable skiers. They might not win a
medal on perfectly groomed Olympic trails. But they can break their
own paths, track elk for days in deep snow, and capture them live.

Thanks, ancient ski stuff is very cool!! Those newcomer alpine lift guys
have no history!

Right!

It is reasonable to assume that many polar people have independently
invented skiing as a way to get around in wintertime. The norwegian rock
carving of a skier that was used as the basis for all the Lillehammer
olympic pictograms has been dated to about 3000 BC, i.e. about 5000
years ago.

Terje

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Right!

It is reasonable to assume that many polar people have independently
invented skiing as a way to get around in wintertime. The norwegian rock
carving of a skier that was used as the basis for all the Lillehammer
olympic pictograms has been dated to about 3000 BC, i.e. about 5000 years
ago.

And all the Scandinavians originally came from Asia approx. 12000 years
ago.

--
Terje Henriksen
Kirkenes

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oups.com...
Since everybody originally came from Africa...perhaps we'll find
artifacts of sand skiing in the Olduvai gorge.

:-)


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Terje Henriksen
Kirkenes