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submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 33 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Second hand cross country skis from a charity shop : 250 NOK

Second hand poles : 100 Nok

Boots: too fucking much, but I have comedy size feet so I can't get them used.

Access to Norway's extensive network of cross country trails: absolutely nothing

Risk of injury.... Still pretty high, but skiing around under the northern lights is honestly pretty amazing.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 10 months ago (4 children)

Wait, I thought downhill skiing was the risky one. What are the risks of cross country skiing? I would have expected that to be pretty safe, aside from exhaustion and tree wells.

[–] hoch 27 points 10 months ago (1 children)

What are the risks of cross country skiing?

møøse

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago

And the occasional bear

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago

Falling in the fjord.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

There are still small hills that you can wipe out on and the bindings don't release in CC so your legs have the potential of getting pretty messed up. Same with hitting a tree (and helmets aren't really a thing in CC either).

[–] lepthesr 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Um, the risk is like quadrupled from a groomed slope. It depends on what you do, but I know lots of cross country skiers that hike up and ski downhill. Avalanches, exposure, wildlife, what you said etc.

There are really tame routes that ski resorts make, but you're still driving out there, parking, etc.

I suppose the idiot factor plays a lot here.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

What you're describing sounds more like AT skiing to me? Granted I have gone up to where people were AT skiing before with my cross-country skis, but I have back-country ones and skins.