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Article: A Salzburg ski circus.
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- Skiing
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- January 1, 1984
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A SALZBURG SKI CIRCUS
Do not fall more down the mountain, if possible, until I return.' This was excellent advice, and my bride was happy to follow it. The ski instructor at Saalbach back in 1961--"What was his name?' "Sepp, wasn't it?' "Right, good old Sepp'--had assumed from her look of sturdiness and good health that this eager American was a skier who needed nothing more than a bit of coaching on parallel technique. They would go up the Seilbahn, no? She had nodded agreeably, although Seilbahn, meaning cable car, was not one of her half-dozen German words. In fact, she was an absolute beginner, dragged off to the back woods of Austria on her honeymoon by a ...