Discussion: Plan B

Note that only ski-O is cancelled. A bunch of us are doing biathlon instead.

Probably not. Which end of the gun does the thingy come out?

I'm still pretty new to this but my understanding is, preferably not the end you put up to your eye!

We finally figured out the difference between the skiing events:

Biathlon is the one where you occasionally stop during the race and take off your poles.

Ski-O is the one where you occasionally stop during the race and take off your skis.

Cross-country is the one where you occasionally stop during the race and take off both your skis and poles, and then put on different ones.

Oh, I thought skiO was the one where you break the skis and the poles.

Yes, that's another ski-O ritual. And like other innovations, XC is copying that one as well. (See e.g. start of men's 30 km skiathlon.)

Also I hear that some ski-Oers are even skilled at breaking ski boots. But I believe that's an advanced technique that only an elite few have mastered.