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A History Of Skis

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After the last ice age, Stone Age hunters began strapping long pieces of wood to their feet to travel farther and faster over snow in pursuit of the game that flourished across Europe and Asia. Adaptations for terrain and snow conditions influenced the design of the skis in different regions.

 

 

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8000 B.C.

6000 B.C.

3200 B.C.

ca A.D. 750

ca 1600

ca 1800

ca 1860s

ca 1890s

Today

Depictions based on archaeological and historical recordsski-history-base.jpg

 

Πηγη: nationalgeographic.com

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"...the monarch of mountains: they crowned him long time ago οn a throne of rocks, in a robe of clouds, with a diadem of snow''

(Lord Byron about Mont Blanc)

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