Comments on: The Man on the Medal http://peterhshelton.wordpress.com/2009/11/12/the-man-on-the-medal/ Thoughts on skiing, movies, politics, and the West Fri, 10 May 2013 15:11:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Bob Berwyn http://peterhshelton.wordpress.com/2009/11/12/the-man-on-the-medal/#comment-145 Sun, 10 Oct 2010 23:12:51 +0000 http://peterhshelton.wordpress.com/?p=90#comment-145 Yeah! It’s not about the equipment. Skiing is something that lives in your heart and soul. Your quest for P-tex made me think of this story I wrote for Mtn Gazette a while back:

“There’s the ceremonial lighting of the P-Tex candle, held carefully between both hands in a prayer-like clasp. Then, the raspy penance of metal on metal, as the file is drawn over steel edges …”

http://1worldimages.com/2009/08/31/the-lost-art-of-ski-waxing/

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