Women versus men: men set the most records but only because sports are too easy

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Women have been called the weaker sex because men have set the standard of fitness as power and strength. Women have greater capacity for endurance than men. Women live longer and survive stress, cold, and famine better than men. Women athletes will soon match men in contests of endurance.

Evaluation, Demographic aspects, Physical fitness, Muscle strength, Longevity, Women athletes

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Into the wild: Telemark, the hottest ski technique around, is taking winter athletes deep into the backcountry

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Telemark, a skiing technique, may have been the first to be invented. A native of Telemark, Norway developed the rhythmic maneuver in 1868 and gold miners brought it to the US during the Gold Rush. Automatic lifts caused it to be forgotten. Telemark ski equipment costs from $300-$500.

Innovations, Skiing, Skis and skiing, Skis, Norheim, Sondre

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Dog days of winter: there's only one good way to cross the wilds of northern Alaska - dogsled

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A woman describes an eight day dogsled trip inside the Arctic circle that she made with two friends. An airplane trip brings them 200 miles from Fairbanks, AK. Each person has a dog team. There are 36 dogs, a dog handler and an outfitter. The woman's lead dog is called April.

Personal narratives, Description and travel, Alaska, Dogsledding

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