This year’s Winter Olympics feature a new event called “skimo,” or ski mountaineering. The racing event involves periods of skiing uphill using “skins” for traction, sprinting uphill on foot, and a downhill ski slalom to the finish. Mountaineering historian Peter Hansen joins Host Flora Lichtman for an <a href="https://www.sciencefriday.com/segments/winter-olympics-ski-mountaineering-goats/?utm_source=wnyc&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=scifri?" target="_blank">introduction to skimo</a>, and the scientific connections of early modern mountaineers. Then, wildlife ecologist Kevin White describes the amazing capabilities of the mountain goat, what’s known about the physical features that contribute to their <a href="https://www.sciencefriday.com/segments/winter-olympics-ski-mountaineering-goats/?utm_source=wnyc&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=scifri?" target="_blank">climbing ability</a>, and risks to mountain goat populations.Guests:Dr. Peter Hansen is a professor of history at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, and author of the book The Summits of Modern Man: Mountaineering after the Enlightenment.Dr. Kevin White is a wildlife ecologist based at the University of Alaska Southeast.Transcripts for each episode are available within 1-3 days at <a href="https://www.sciencefriday.com/segments/winter-olympics-ski-mountaineering-goats/?utm_source=wnyc&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=scifri?" target="_blank">sciencefriday.com.</a>
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