At the start of every snow season the books I revisit …

Last week I re-read A Medal Of Honor, a novel about an Olympic biathlete, this week it's The God Of Skiing. A novel about a fictional Tack Strau, who skis and competes with all the greats. It is an often poetic ode to winter, the great resorts, big mountains, and going fast.

The cover photo is of Fritz Stammberger; certainly a flesh and blood man, in the mold of the main character. First to ski the north face of the Maroon Bells, notching climbs all over the world before perishing on a Hindu Kush expedition, or as some believe, captured and tortured by the Russians for helping supply CIA weapons to the mujahideen.

Next on my list of novels are: The Downhill Racers, The Lonely Skier, The Snow Gods and a couple anthologies of ski stories.