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OverviewOn May 6th 1903, twelve men sat down to dinner at the Cafe Royal in London and started a ski club. It would become the most famous in the world - the Ski Club of Great Britain. Exotic places like Val d'Isere and Courchevel had yet to be invented. Zermatt was a climbing village famous for the Matterhorn (conquered for the first time less than 40 years previously) but not for its skiing. In these days, to the British, Skiing was little more than a slightly odd sport practicised by English eccentrics. There were no ski lifts of resorts, but nevertheless the British pioneered Alpine skiing so that they could induldge their passion for a craze that was about to grip the world of winter sports. Over the years, the Ski Club published an almanac, which became a document of fascinating, amusing and downright bizarre anecdotes as the sport went from being a minority diversion to the worldwide obsession it is today. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Arnie WilsonPublisher: John Blake Publishing Ltd Imprint: John Blake Publishing Ltd ISBN: 9781843582755ISBN 10: 1843582759 Pages: 270 Publication Date: 01 November 2010 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Not yet available  This item is yet to be released. You can pre-order this item and we will dispatch it to you upon its release. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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