European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 18, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse / i Mill i i in if 1 1 i ski 1111 sold. " i Chi pud ills. You net h so in Nyht i to m Edn t have worried. He would soon i ind Lipini Eli on the 7-Ugspitze, Irnel the weather atop the t Ounn s highest was decidedly wintry. Ski i onditiom1. Aero i Europe remain iffy. The Winter ims been Niilo and Little Snow has fallen at loner elevations. But on the Glacier slopes of the Zug spite skiers Are finding everything they need and that s where the armed forces recreation Center is sending its ski week students from Carmich. Harry Connors arc s Public affairs manager in Carmich says one trip to the lop is enough to show beginners the Falacy of two common misconceptions about learning to ski on the Zug Spitze. One misconception involves Glacier skiing. If you say Glacier skiing some first time skiers picture sheer ice he says. It s nothing like thai another involves the Zug Spitze itself. People think of it As a huge Mountain with Steep slopes almost straight up and Down Connors says. They say i can t ski there. I m Only a beginner " but arc students and teachers gather in a natural bowl on the Side of the Mountain. There Are gentle slopes there for the most unsteady beginner and of course More c challenging runs for when the beginner begins to feel a bit More confident. Eventually that Confidence seems to come. The Young Man Imron the Hausberg Lodge was zipping downhill Liy the end f week raring .1 slalom or e a. A is in i is roup1 1 n.,t i in f1\� to him 1 in Ai a Iliili. M Ling ten a. Listi nil ii a i -. R i i Thioni 111 if of i of i / P i Hiim r t of i. C v i it la ii in. .iti.i.i. I n a i i. Iii l i in in i ii i i nun h. I i "., a Iii 4i " lift it \ is i he m in it Iii i i a Lizet in i i,." i ,1. I. 1 Minrul site in ii. one big Pius. Of t our ish. i . A a. S in i Rigrish the tier . I m nol i Kirn in Cirn a. Sun1, i Spuk .1 room or Oid a .1 , bul i d be ice it my ski instructor Only spoke German. Not Only a my instr Arlor a Good skier in l a Good , but he spoke ski week personnel Are proud of their safety record too but Nacif enl do happen. One student at the end of the week banquet sported a cast on his leg the result of a mishap on the slopes. Everyone Falls an instructor said. Sometimes someone Falls hard or wrong or they ski right into someone else and someone ends up Hurt. It s unfortunate but in a few other students were stiff and sore the result of using some Muscles i did t even know i had in the words of one beginner. You Don l have to be a super athlete to ski the instructor said but you la have fewer aches and pains at the end of the Day if you re in Good shape. If people plan to come to Carmich to learn to ski in. Say a month or so i d advise them to exercise a Little each Day Between now and then to build up their strength especially in their legs and to increase flexibility. It could make a world of 1 Berft 12 Fri pro Migu int a inquiry 18, 1990
