Friday, January 2, 2009

Why do you cross-country ski?

by Bruce Ingersoll

Nordic skiing has taken me to places in the outdoors I would never have gone before. From skiing off the very peak of Mt Shasta (14,000 + above sea level) to the base on skate skis, to Calgary and France to watch my sister compete in the Olympics, to skiing in the hardwood forest above Breadloaf in the red dusk of sunset on a cooling March afternoon – Amazing sport! I also love Nordic skiing because now that my daughters are older - 9 and 12, they are loving it and it is a great way to spend quality time with my kids, who will just as often request to go Nordic skiing, rather than the Snow Bowl on a Saturday or a Sunday.

Bruce Ingersoll is one of the co-coaches of Frost Mountain Nordic Bill Koch League.

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