Inaugural Lysebotn Uphill Doublepoling Musings
...When the founder and director of Blink Skifestival Arne Idland mentioned a few months ago that he wants to add Lysebotn Uphill race in doublepoling style to the program , many thought the idea to be out of whack. No video can properly convey the impression Lysebotn climb makes on a visitor - it's Daunting with capital D. No other rollerski climb in the world would provide such a test of one's fitness. Yes, Stelvio and Sa Calobra might be more of an ascent, but far less steep - Lysebotn is more or less constant 10 degrees uphill. Sceptics ( us included) were totally in the wrong! Dozens of people of both genders signed, including Olympic champion Justyna Kowalchyk and reigning world champion Sjur Roethe. At the end it was…