[1]Unless, however, this horizontal grain runs very straight throughout the ski, the vertical arrangement is the better.

[2]If however with a very narrow ski a very wide-soled boot is worn, traversing a steep, hard slope becomes uncomfortable, as the projecting sole is then apt to catch in the crust and trip the runner.

[3]The Bilgeri binding, a development of the Lilienfeld, is lighter and less rigid.

[4]No wider a welt, however, than is absolutely necessary. See note, p. 28.

[5]Sold as “griffe NorvÉgienne.”

[6]For the above method of herring-boning I am indebted, through Mr. Rickmers, to Herr Zdarsky.

[7]Soft enough to give steerage way, and free from breakable crust or very soft patches that check the skis suddenly.

[8]If, when one ski crosses the other, you put (or keep) all your weight on the one that is undermost, you can easily withdraw the other and save yourself from falling.