he-Legged Skiers Discover Sport Is Ideal For Amputees
MT. HOOD (L'Pl) - Nine one
legged skiers skim down the
snowy slopes of Ml. Hood these
days, and nobody bats an eye.
They've proved that skiing is
the sport for amputees.
Using a single foot ski and a
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pair of outrigger arm skies, they
keep page with the more experi-
encea skiers as they ride the lows
up and then come weaving and
plummeting down the sleeper
alopes.
They are gradualcs of a special,
!erhaps unique, class.
At first apprehensive, they now
want to tell amputees around Ihc
naliun why they should take up
skiing. In fact, amputees start out
with some skiing advantages.
"It's great," says Jerry Hen
dricks, 22. "It's the one area
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where you can really compete on
equal terms.
"I'm able to get out with my
boys again. It's brought us closer
together," says Cal Andrews, 32
The group's instructor is Dick
Martin, a former skier. The class
of eight ranges from 9-year-old
Richard Lange to 45-year-old John
Blaine. It includes one girl. Kay
Hickman, 20. Blaine is from Se
attle, the rest from Portland. Five
never skied before.
The idea started when Martin
lost his leg and heard of two
Cleveland amputees who had
learned one-legged skiing as prac
iced in Austria. .Martin learned
the technique, and improved on
it, on Ml. Hood.
The real force behind the class
is not an amputee. He is skier
Lee Perry, a member of the Port
land Jaycecs, who one day saw
Martin skiing.
The Portland Jaycecs sponsored
the project and supplied the spe
cial equipment: A single ski plus
iwo 22-inch skis fastened to arm
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crutclies in place of ski poles.
Perry rounded up the class.
Using films of Martin, he con
vinced them to give skiing a try.
Since the one-legged skier has
all his body weight on one ski,
the friction is greater. Thus he
needs a steeper slope. His outrig
ger arm skis automatically put
him in the forward position that
other skiers must learn. He
doesn't have to learn many of the
control movements needed for two
skis. And he starts out with "ex
ceptional balance" and "more
guts than average."
"We eliminate the first two
years of skiing," says Martin.
The first day Martin took his
class up the chair tow.
"We tricked them," he laughs.
Package Of Senate Bills
On Fish Gets House Okay
SALEM 'UPD A package of
Senate bills overhauling commer
cial fishing, fish processing, and
dealer licenses and raising
rates cleared the House Monday.
Three go to the governor. The
fourth must return to the Senate
(or concurrence in a House
amendment.
One of the bills reduces the
number of commercial fish proc
essor and dealer licenses from 8
to 5. It increases fees 30 per
cent.
Course Taken
MOUNT SHASTA Four mem
bers of the Mount Shasta Forest
Service ranger district have com
pleted a special course given in
Redding on recognizing radiation
hazards and combatting radiation
fires in vehicles and houses. They
are John Marker, Larry Thun-
borg, Jack Sheehan and Charles
Hall.
The men took the two - week
course to enable them to han
dle peace time radiatjon if neces
sary, because of the great
amount of radioactive material
and equipment transported
through the area.
Rep. William Holmstrom, D
Gearhart. said the fishing indus
try supported all four bills.
Another consolidates commer
cial licenses from 15 to 6, increas
ing fees 20 per cent.
A third bill increases poundage
fees on food fish and shell fish
40 per cent.
A fourth lets the Fish Commis
sion sell food fish processing li
censes and commercial fishing li
censes at local offices such as
Astoria and Newport, instead of
requiring fishermen to obtain li
censes through Portland.
It also standardizes the proced
ure for securing bond.
The bill combining commercial
fishing licenses and raising rales
is the one that must return to
the Senate.
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They didn't know any better. They
skiied."
Amazing as it sounds, some'
were accomplished skiers alter
one day. Others have taken up to
four full days to feel comfortable
about it.
As for the steeper slopes, one
says, "When it comes right down
to it, we're so damn good that's
all we want to ski on." ,
Some of the'nine are thinking
about entering competitions. A
new class is being lined up. Perry
is preparing a manual for other
amputees.
If all the other skiers who flock
to Mt. Hood's resorts had sym
pathy at first for the amputees,
it has changed to solid respect.
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