34 - Sunday, November 20, 1988 — North Shore News

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Cross-country
a challenge

A POPULAR misconception
about cross-country skiing is that it
is easier to master than downhill
skiing, says Benno Jaeger of Ben-
no’s Country Advencure Tours.

The basic rules of cross-country
don’t take Jong to learn but aspects
of the ‘classic’ or ‘‘skating’’
styles can take years to pick up, he
says.

“It’s true that you can learn the
basics of cross-country skiing in a
few days, but it takes much longer
to get to the top,”’ said Jaeger.

Because of the enormous popu-
larity of downhill skiing, most of
us believe that the thrill of skiing
can only be achieved with high
speed — another misconception,
says Jaeger.

**‘People think there’s no
challenge to cross-country. They
don’t realize that there’s a lot of
skill behind it.”

Jaeger says achieving coordina-
‘tion between arms and legs takes
time and skill, and so does getting
the right rhythm. And it takes a lot
of skill to master downhill skiing
in cross-country.

“Downhill is much more dif-
ficult in cross-country skiing
because you don’t have the sup-
port of your equipment to assist
you.””

Another thing people are un-
aware of is that you don’t have to
be in shape to begin cross-country,
says Jaeger. There are many well-
groomed trails in B.C. that enable
almost anyone to ski.

‘*You can choose the terrain and
learn techniques on simple ter-
rain,’’ says Jaeger.

He says that in one hour, most
people can ski 10 kilometres on
easy terrain.