Check out this antique touring setup from the 1930’s. You can see it in person this weekend (Fri-Sun) between noon and five!

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Skins are sticky strips of material that go on the underside of a touring ski to help users go uphill with less effort. Once upon a time, they were actual animal skins. Now they’re highly engineered manmade materials.

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So.... Here's the full picture of the mystery exhibit!

It's a sit ski! Sit skis are adaptive equipment designed to bring the joys of skiing to individuals with physical limitations that make standing while skiing impossible. This one was ridden by Washingtonian Shannon Bloedel in the 1992 Winter Paralympics, where she won Silver.

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This is a closeup of one of my exhibits. Anyone care to guess what it is? (I'll post the answer later in the week.)

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