| Show KJELKE COASTING IN NORWAY A fascinating Sport More Dangerous than To boggannlng Norwegian Ilt In New York rven Ing 1ost A kJBlke 14 I n low moderately heaT wooden led primarilyInti 1 < dd ror thou tho-u or fishermen on the Ice and built to carry two 10 four persons The sterer Fits at th rear end astir it a guiding I by mean of a tout flexible anyding Pole twelve or rnoro reel 10M I pIng clamped under one arm and grasped In both hands he drags along Hi truck bthlnd him The passenger lies I Hat on his baik his head on the Bteerers knees truillng to luck nnd the law ot gravitation to keel him there since he hat neither ropo nor rail nor any other thing to hold to Jut behind Chrlstlanla city rises a steep hill Irogner fcaeter This ts the kjaclke paradise for all I winter long kJQlk pamI the government reserves liere cxelu I la liely for coasters and sk runners t certain iccllent fourmlli road windIng wind-Ing pirtly I lent zigzag tram buselt Summit No hlilen org glvcn In or-g umml a table he wa or to mar It 1rtac Itb1 a II tt cllmh from Oen town up but on grow used to ganows tiff climbs In Norway and moreovo the dragonroofed portrllom Ierched at birchlogipfir lh ndoliftil11r crackling firo and Ito nr Irehlop rackln old Nofsk Interior decorations offers a restlnBplace as cozy as quaint where hot coffee chocolate and other comfoltable things are to bo had for i refreshment The roast starts from the sport room door 1ancy Yourself embarking embark-ing for the first time stretched face up word on a narrow board your hand lying useless at jour aides nothing to graSp anhero about that can lie or lh least service to you Th teercr 14 I In his lattice behInd Are roll raly1 I lie nal In1 given a IW Solo ve u till hi pole whereupon the bard begins to move gently wlh slow gliding This You thin I J going to be delightful Tho pace gradually 00 Ierlcstter tasterl You begin tu feel nlou tit wOllller Jut what would happen Ir you shot off almost to wish you load stayed at homo and then by degrees the speed drops to onorfortflble moderalon You regain You eompour unit sincerely trusting that your companion does not guess how scared I you have been devote your mind 1 to enjoying the situation and toad to-ad or nil the landscape Hut before > ou have food 7 realized how very odd that landscape looks Keen from the bottom up and all flyIng ing the t kjaelke reasserts Isl DanKlln for ono Iokenln moment In i the alrwhlzzllt Is I off tearing down what appMrs to Your startled wits an < TnlsSsthe angle of Tdegrees This Is 1 the upper eno of the I ga jr for t ho next nl or mIe n Snore YOU ate to lie Sow Itelipli about corner cor-ner snapped around cure anal pun along I lie rugged edge or prIpIcem al n rate that will literally IITol you with fright You reel an You might In a runway hanotruck let loose at the lop ot Mt Wablntou railway I you turn rotor head to i the right behold an Imminent swimming wall of seamy raythe bare granite cliff I you lack to tile oft I I I 19 only to a e at heav Ing RhapoloSis hlnckgren maosth firs on the preclplce edge whirling pant In such wild confusion that you are gla a to turn your dizzy eye to the narrw 5 tit > ot sky above leveling such of your senses an hn not hen scattlrid like dust tom a living bullet bul-let I to lying I as limp an may be anal hoping faintly that the next lurch around the next cure will neither smash I jou against tile oil nor send y6to down to break your bones In I the rooly ravine below 1rYlhln however end In time 1m en i that awful i zlgzitg Presently the pace slackens a bit then flags and I unl au occasional shove In I needed Ip t1 nllvo at all rinrUl It dies outright and you arlln look at sour friend tile stecrer with a perfectly per-fectly new respect as you turn together 10 our homeward way on foot Yen have coat1 two allies wlhout Inter ruplou still later when they tell you that the Riade at that coast Is I 700 feet to the mil you known that It wan not your Imagination alone that lent wings to tile kJoell Tint not every ono that goes Jaetkeagning coined oft n i safely A ca ting of lee all the rmgnr Raete road makes the sport there oxtmely doa roi unit actions accidents area are-a erryou relent uceunc Under such condiion a kjaelke on the zigzag zig-zag may dIle till most skillful man Igemnt get beyond control and stewing around some Idlcn turn cannon can-non In to a tree or a boulder with far rlllo tore A wrecko kJaelk lying on the track often wreelm that coming hot behind It with fearful results But despite the long record ot broken bn of crushed skulls and worst of all ot nno cA ihZf tnnnxhns by steering poles 1 thl I Tlereerkc inrtfme eonllnnc i In high 1 favor moth the ChristIfInlans A minor mishap that recently befell Iwo Schoolboys was nuulclently tuicom reliable II not trnl Thel to rO8In 1 togethor land just gathered the full Impel ot the rtgn g m hen the stttrer SAW In the qd ahead a pak of dogs fighting TKJO beasts were s 0 nol and so Intent on the business of the moment that they did not notice the ole until It was fairly illxm them and an they coered the whole ground It was aa Impolblotu tr clear ot them no It wa to atoll abort Con FoQuently tile kJolke rammed tralght into the thick 01 the tray Tile am holallt for the 1t part were knocked l aside rnolC rar loan damaged but one 1larrt anlmnl scooped ill I still carried along for some momnl sprcwleil on his back on the pausing Ecr florae brenst yelping kicking and flowing the air In the terrltlo endeavor to regain his balance Thlpngr warned lay his friend had load time 10 cover his head with hH arms and e escaped Injury Bait the unfortunate steersman know In that he terman I Ie could borrow bor-row a hand from tile polo In so perilous a place only at the risk of dire catastrophe ca-tastrophe sut still 1 and took the Mow of those midly plunging claws which score his rae wllh marks that wilt wl last a lifetime nut he brought the kjailke safely to a finish |
