cross-country ski racing

Journalist and author Bill McKibben recounts the year during which he, in his late thirties, decided to test his body's limits in strenuous training and a series of long-distance cross-country skiing races, and during which his father's physical limits were tested by a life-threatening illness.

Discusses the techniques of cross-country skiing, the equipment and its upkeep, cross-country races and how to prepare for them, and champions of the sport.