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by Hal Paainter

This very collectible copy has an undressed couple on the cover. A humorous guide to cross country skiing.

154 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1974

Reviews

[Stuart Harden · Rating 5 out of 5]

So good that I decided to write a thesis about it. This book is delightful for its hippy politics and its hedonism. It's a how-to book that refuses to prescribe anything to the reader and instead supplies us with the greatest poetic, pictorial, and confessional ode to skiing ever printed. Also there's a chapter of igloo erotica - subversive AND sexy. Please, if you share with me a love for the side of skiing that has nothing to do with World Cups or Olympics, find this book. It will rejuvenate you.

[Petrina · Rating 5 out of 5]

There is no genre for this type of book. Just a few pages in and it has transformed the way my cabin-mates interact with their environment. Tonight after K read a few passages aloud half the people present wrapped their feet in saran wrap and ran into the snow. And I sense that this is just the beginning. There are so many utterly quotable passages, I'll copy a few highlights here later.

[Robb Rasmussen]

throwback to a different era.