[1] Unless, however, this horizontal grain runs very _straight_
throughout the ski, the vertical arrangement is the better.
[2] If however with a _very narrow_ ski a _very wide_-soled boot is
worn, traversing a steep, hard slope becomes uncomfortable, as the
projecting sole is then apt to catch in the crust and trip the runner.
[3] The Bilgeri binding, a development of the Lilienfeld, is lighter
and less rigid.
[4] No wider a welt, however, than is absolutely necessary. See note,
p. 28.
[5] Sold as "griffe Norvégienne."
[6] For the above method of herring-boning I am indebted, through Mr.
Rickmers, to Herr Zdarsky.
[7] Soft enough to give steerage way, and free from breakable crust or
very soft patches that check the skis suddenly.
[8] If, when one ski crosses the other, you put (or keep) _all_ your
weight on the one that is undermost, you can easily withdraw the other
and save yourself from falling.