Good touring technique will enable the skier to travel at optimum speed—farthest and fastest with the least effort and the greatest safety. It will make ski travel a sport and a pleasure. The purpose here is to follow the progress of a tour from start to finish, with a section devoted to each aspect of touring activity. Techniques which have stood the test of frequent use are suggested. This does not mean that they are the best for all time, however, and ski mountaineers should seek to perfect them. Indeed, eternal search for a better technique is the finest stimulus any sport can afford.
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