French climber Elisabeth Revol was saved on the Nanga Parbat that she was attempting to scale in winter with a Polish climber who is dead. She was saved by the members of a Polish team which was attempting the winter climb of K2 and were ported in helicopter near Nanga Parbat. K2 has never been climbed in winter, while Nanga Parbat was scaled by Simone Moro and friends, one of them a woman from Sud Tirol. The Poles have renounced to their attempt in order to save a companion, but their were unable to save him.
Tullio

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China has Vasaloppet/Marcialonga as well.

They call it 瓦萨滑雪, Vasaloppet.
Not The Long Marsch :)

And in the US The American Birkebeiner.
Last years winner in all categories was "Mother Nature".

I have seen once the Marcialonga crossing Pozza di Fassa. I have skied its trail until Mazzin where I crossed the Avisio river and went on to the Rifugio Gardeccia. Happy days!
Tullio

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Marcialonga is only one of the Worldloppet Ski Federation events.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Worldloppet_Ski_Federation

The Worldloppet Ski Federation is a federation of long distance cross-country skiing events whose aim is to promote cross-country skiing through various ski races. The federation was founded on 10 June 1978 in Uppsala, Sweden.[1] The aim of Worldloppet is to promote the sport of cross-country skiing through the various ski races around the world

Their headquarters are in Predazzo, Italy
Official language are English and Swedish.

Still for sale Tullio:)

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Once I wrote a book called "Esperimenti con i grandi scienziati". It was a book for children, with many illustrations. Unfortunately, I have given Mondadori the right to its foreign editions, and it was translated in 7 languages. I have only the Norwegian edition. My son found a copy of the Italian edition on a bookseller stand, and gave it to his children, who appreciated it very much and used it for their school papers. When my grandchild Rebecca was asked by her teacher if she knew any scientist, she answered " I know Einstein". She was 8 years old. How do you know Einstein?, the teacher asked. My grandpa has written a book on him, was the answer of Rebecca.
Tullio

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His name is Johannes Høsflot Klæbo. Hehe:)
To us Swedes that name sounds very funny.
And Norwegians always speak like they are very happy even when they are sad:)

The best sprinter is however Federico Pellegrino but today he only came fourth behind Calle Halfvarsson, Sweden

Marcialonga. Here anyone can participate and have fun.
To English readers https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcialonga
Here we have Vasaloppet but that is not until the first Sunday in March.

Hmm. The last six years of Marcialonga, Norway came first...

Johannes Oesflot Klaebo wins the men race, Lauren van der Graaf the ladies. Italian TV cuts short and Swiss TV does not list the results so I may make some mistake in the names. Tomorrow the Marcialonga starts from Moena in Val di Fiemme and Val di Fassa. My Dolomiti.

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And now Cross Country skiing in Seefeld, Austria and the sprint competition, free style, ladies and gentlemen.
Busy days:)

Giant slalom ladies at Lenzerheide
1 Tessa Worley France
2 Viktoria Rebensburg Germany
3 Meta Hrovat Slovenia
4 Simone Wild Switzerland
5 Ana Drev Slovenia

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The race is not over yet:)
It happens sometimes that somebody makes a surprise race.

Anyway, Innerhofer fell quite early in the race but managed finish 13th.
Bravo. Innerhofer is a skier that either excel or fail:)

Downhill men at Garmisch Partenkirchen
1 Beat Feuz Switzerland
2 Dominik Paris Italia and Vincent Kriechmayr Austria
4 Aksel Lund Svindal Norway
5 Hannesl Reichelt Austria
6 Peter Fill italia
7 Thomas Dressen Germany
8 Mathias Mayer Austria

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Yes.
Positive snow control for the City Event in Stockholm (SWE) on Tuesday.
Well Hammarbybacken is the only place in Stockholm that have snow.
Been at the summit at 93.5 meter :)

View 1953

View today

On January 30 there will be a City event in Stockholm, maybe a parallel slalom.

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True.
But Lyndsey Vonn does even I think that's a bad move.
She's not getting younger and it's her last Olympic Game and getting injuried before the Games open...
Perhaps she want to beat Ingemar Stenmark after all.
Only 7 WC victories to go to Stenmark's 86
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Mikaela aims at the Olympic Games. Like Lindsey says, they are the only competition which gets the American attention, other races are ignored by the American media.

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I wonder why Mikaela Schiffrin doesn't compete in Alpine Combined.
Anyway. Ana Busic started at 30th position and finished 3'rd before Lyndsey Vonn!

Alpine combined ladies at Lenzerheide
1 Wendy Holdener Switzerland
2 Marta Bassino Italia
3 Ana Bucik Slovenia
4 Lindsey Vonn USA
Vonn wins the SuperG stage with Federica Brignone second and Ragnhild Mowinckel third

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I have a book by Walter Bonatti titled "I giorni grandi", the Great Days. Now Walter is dead and one of my companions on the Dente del Gigante disappeared in the Himalayas, on the Langtang Lirung, a 7246 meters peak. The other is now his widow. The Giorni Grandi have gone.
Tullio

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Funny name Il Dente del Gigante.



Come to think about Trollveggen (Troll Wall) in Norway.
The Troll Wall is the tallest vertical rock face in Europe, about 1,100 metres (3,600 ft) from its base to the summit of its highest point. At its steepest, the summit ridge overhangs the base of the wall by nearly 50 metres (160 ft).