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“John Dyer rose from bed early one February morning, strapped on a pair of ten-foot-long skis, and headed out into the snowstorm toward Oro City, Colorado.”
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"Coleman traces skiing from its Norse roots and Alpine influences through the utility of ski travel in the winter Rockies to the rise of Colorado resorts. Much more than a history of the sport, her work explains how the recreation industry sold the experience of skiing and created mythic mountain landscapes with real problems - and a ski culture that exalts celebrity and status over the physical act of skiing. "--Jacket.