Winter Olympics: Ski mountaineering makes no sense … and it’s sort of awesome
BORMIO, Italy — The undeniably cool part of ski mountaineering’s Olympic debut here Thursday was the visual spectacle. If you’re going to add a fairly ridiculous, counterintuitive sport to the Winter Games — why would anyone trek up a hill on skis in 2026 when Robert Winterhalder gave us the ski lift in 1908? — … Read more