Skiing on road

A cross country skiier in Venezuela has broken his own world distance record, using the country’s road network. The man uses roller skis and broke his earlier distance record of 2,306km with a 2,500km journey made across Venezuela.
January 21, 2014 Read time: 1 min
A cross country skiier in Venezuela has broken his own world distance record, using the country’s road network. The man uses roller skis and broke his earlier distance record of 2,306km with a 2,500km journey made across Venezuela. He hopes to put this training to good use, as his country’s contender for the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics. Hopefully he will find skiing on snow somewhat safer than on Venezuela’s rather challenging road conditions, though how he will cope with the rather colder conditions remains to be seen.

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