Winter Olympics: Ski mountaineering makes no sense … and it's sort of awesome

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Ski mountaineering made its Olympic debut Thursday in Bormio, Italy. (Photo by Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images)Sean M. Haffey via Getty Images BORMIO, Italy — The undeniably cool part of ski mountaineering’s Olympic debut here Thursday was the visual spectacle. If you’re going to add a fairly ridiculous, counterintuitive sport to the Winter Games — Why […]

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