Yak skiing

Yak skiing is a sport practiced in the Indian hill resort of Manali, Himachal Pradesh, as a tourist attraction. The sport involves a skier waiting at the bottom of a slope and a yak at the top of the hill; yak and skier are connected by means of a rope going around a pulley at the top of the hill. To engage the yak, the skier must shake (and swiftly put down) a bucket of pony nuts. This attracts the yak, which charges downhill and pulls the skier upward by means of the rope.[1][2]

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References
  1. Perry, Alex (4 July 2005). "Extreme Yak Sports". Time. Retrieved 8 March 2012.
  2. "Asia's newest sport - yak skiing". BBC News. 3 July 2005. Retrieved 21 October 2008.


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