Monday, January 25, 2010

I Love Speed Skating!


Some 3000-4000 years ago, somebody came up with the idea of drilling holes into long animal bones and strapping said bones onto one's feet by means of leather straps laced into said holes.  And the rest is history:  the first ice skates probably allowed the sportsman (or survivor of the cold) to shuffle/glide across ice-covered areas with a little more ease than shuffling in mukluks.  Or, maybe this person was bored out of his skull with so much winter white and ice and simply had to do more with his spare time than stare at the grey skies and his next-of-kin.
More winter...tomorrow!

2 comments:

Libby Issendorf said...

Hello :) I found your blog while searching for speedskating, since I'm helping the US Speedskating team with social media. Just wanted to point you toward our Facebook page if you hadn't seen it yet. We have a great photo album of speedskating in the 50s and 60s...not quite the caveman days you were talking about, but still cool!

Thanks!

twebsterarmstrong said...

Thanks for your comment! I enjoyed those photographs; black & white photos seem to tell a great story for me.

I look forward to watching the speedskating in a few weeks!

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