Skiing up the Downhill Course
January 21, 2010
Janaury 1, 2010 at World Cup Nordic Combined
Val di Fiemme, Italy
“we did the hill climb today.
6200m of flats, 2800 m of climbing, 500m vertical, 30% grade, should I say more?
It was the toughest race that I have ever done. They started us off on a modified version of the XC race course, then they made us ski 3 k to the bottom of a ski area before we started up the bottom of a downhill race course. We had to race up the course, and do switch backs, but instead of going up during the switchbacks they would go straight across the hill, and then make us go up again. I think the best way to describe it would be to say that I had to race up a blue ski run, as hard as I could. Very hard!”
Wesley Savill
- Val diFiemme