Monday 18 July 2022

Cool pics for hot weather

 Thought that these pictures might make you think cool thoughts in this over hot weather…






Keep safe everyone!

9 comments:

  1. Nice pics Tradgardmastare - I particularly like the bugler print

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    1. My favourite too, Norwegian ski trooper of the Napoleonic period.
      Alan Tradgardland

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  2. Interestingly they use only one pole ?

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    1. I’m not a skier and don’t know why but that seems to be the way the Norwegians did it right back to the early medieval period and before.
      Alan Tradgardland

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  3. In the middle of a heatwave like this, it's hard to believe winter will ever happen again, isn't it? Nice shots, anyway, reminding us that winter is a distinct possibility later in the year... ;-) (I did a plate of the uniform of the last ski troops you have shown, long ago on the blog as one of my Xmas postings...)

    Cheers,

    David.

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    1. Very true David. I have a publication from the Norwegian Army Museum which has more pictures like the last one showing ski troop drill taken from a period drill manual. It also lists the type of ski races that were run as training exercises and how much money the winner received.
      Keep cool
      Alan Tradgardland

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    2. Interesting. I found the image from which I drew my plate on a website no longer around but it said the images were taken from a document by one Grüner from 1765, so very early. Does your NAM publication confirm that?

      Cheers,

      David (thinking of climbing into the fridge at the moment to keep cool! ;-))

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  4. I'm guessing a second pole would be more of a hindrance for troops like that, outweighing whatever advantages it might bestow. But I'm not a skier.
    I hope everyone over there in the UK gets through your heat wave okay!

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  5. Hot but getting there…
    An interesting article-
    https://www.seniorsskiing.com/long-pole-skiing/
    Alan Tradgardland

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