r is long and dreary, espe- is, the ski must be tried. ‘“Holmenkol” day is to Nor- lower part 24 degrees, but the descent on ski only cially to people reared under a more southern latitude. occupies from seven to nine seconds, of which two to As a beaming light in all these gloomy seasons stands… … that has made it known as of such a contest, or the Winter Training of the Artillery. the “human wings.” As sensations of an observer there may be a great many who do not know what a when he sees the men swooping through the air, and tiania up to the heights of Holmenkollen, a distance ski is, it…
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