Justin
01-05-2006, 06:51 PM
But more to the point, skiing was addictive more for its tremendous power to uplift and present a new physical outlet. That spirit was symbolized by the most famous run ever witnessed. In 1939, a 19-year old Austrian, Toni Matt, made a great miscalculation as he took on The Inferno race on Mount Washington's Tuckerman Ravine.
Matt missed a turn and found himself shooting straight over the lip of the headwall with a 60-mile-per-hour wind at his back. But rather than die or disintegrate, Matt plunged down through the ravine and descended Mount Washington in 6 minutes 29 seconds, nearly halving the course record set by Dick Durrance in 1934
Full article (http://www.boston.com/sports/other_sports/skiing/articles/2006/01/05/mountain_of_memories_binds_us_to_pastime/?page=2)
Matt missed a turn and found himself shooting straight over the lip of the headwall with a 60-mile-per-hour wind at his back. But rather than die or disintegrate, Matt plunged down through the ravine and descended Mount Washington in 6 minutes 29 seconds, nearly halving the course record set by Dick Durrance in 1934
Full article (http://www.boston.com/sports/other_sports/skiing/articles/2006/01/05/mountain_of_memories_binds_us_to_pastime/?page=2)