It took me a bit to realize he was oiled up. At first I thought his sweat was gonna freeze in that 20F weather, and he’d be dangling some nipplecicles by the end.
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No shirt in that kind of cold? Dude must have been truly pumped for the occasion, or he’s just a really sturdy fella. Dang.
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Tonga!
Seriously, that dude is the only attention I paid to the last summer games at all, and only because he went viral with his fine (but oily) ass…
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Tickles me no end that he had so much fun in 2016 that he specifically set out to find a winter sport that he could learn (and excel in) just so he could be here in 2018.
I can think of few better reasons to learn how to cross-country ski. (Getting the vaccine to the outlying settlements, while certainly a noble and worthy aim, is NOT the reason I want to have.)
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Besides, that’s what St. Bernards are for.
Seriously, though, I like cross country skiing. There’s less reliance on apparatus than with downhill.
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If that’s your only objection, you may want to look at ski touring / backcountry climbing.
Put skins on your skis, and you can basically cross-country ski uphill, and, when you get to the top, take the skins off and they’re alpine skis again.
Apparently, very big in Europe.
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Fun fact: you can earn a varsity letter in cross country skiing in Minnesota.
Citation: I got one! (All my other ones were academic.)
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TIL: it is possible to earn a varsity letter in academics.
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Well, don’t know if it’s standard practice everywhere, but it was common around the Twin Cities back in the day.
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I got one! I was surprised as hell to learn it existed, especially at my know-nothing high school.
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The goofiest letter I got in high school was for being active in the “technology club.” One year we built a solar-powered geodesic dome that one of the kids lived in for a few days over winter break. We built the solar panels, too, because it was 1988 and you couldn’t just order one off Amazon.
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That’s pretty cool!
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Are you sure “geeky” isn’t the word you were looking for?
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There’s a considerable overlap. In this case I’d go with “predominantly cool”. 
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Back then there wasn’t overlap. I’m very glad we can retroactively assign coolness to such things!
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Speaking of lettering, true story: I dated a guy who lettered in Basketball at Beverly Hills High.
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Got through about 30 minutes of episode one, and it became abundantly clear that it’s more NC-17 than PG-13, and had to turn it off because kid. D’oh!
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Hahahah oh yeah, there is a LOT of nudity, specifically full frontal male nudity. 
Hence why my post is in this thread!
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Ah, well that changes when I’ll be able to watch it to “after everyone else goes to bed.” 
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