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Archive Home > 2010 > January > 31 > A feel for skiing — sight not necessary

A feel for skiing — sight not necessary

Volunteers learn to guide blind nordic skiers Saturday at Bachelor

By Scott Hammers / The Bulletin
January 31, 2010

MT. BACHELOR —

For Bend’s Nancy Stevens, there’s a bit of an ulterior motive to spending her Saturday training 15 local residents to serve as guides for blind nordic skiers.

“With 15 people, you could each guide me twice, and I could ski every day for a month,” she laughed. “Not a bad....

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