"Skiing Great Sport Because Anyone Can Enjoy It," Says Captain of Team

"The great part of skiing is that even the first time you go out on skis you have fun," asserted William B. Binton '41 yesterday. "Anyone no matter what his age or proficiency can enjoy skiing."

Hinton, who has been skiing for the past eight or nine years, has never had a major accident. He attributed this record to carefulness and to luck.

"The reason for most accidents is that too many people go too fast when they can't really ski." he said. "They haven't learned the principles of stemming which is the basis of all skiing. If you don't learn that, you're sunk."

"Accidents happen to more experienced skiers." Hinton explained, "because they haven't any nerves at all. They go over anything."

The steepest slope which Hinton has ever negotiated is one of 60 degrees on Mt. Washington. Most trails are about 38' degrees, and Jumps run about the same.

"One important thing for beginners is the waxing of their skis," Hinton said. "Waxing is important in cross country skiing especially. We have been experimenting by the trial and error method ourselves, mostly the error method," he admitted.