Tuesday, 14 February 2012

LA TIMES - Jill Kinmont Boothe dies: Ski champ disabled in crash became role model, Feb 14, 2012

The life of Jill Kinmonte Boothe, shown painting in her home studio last year, was the subject of a 1966 book, A Long Way Up: The Story of Jill Kinmont, by E.G. Valens, and two films, The Other Side of the Mountain in 1975 and a 1978 sequel.
"Jill Kinmont Boothe was the national women's slalom champion and on the cover of Sports Illustrated when she set out to win a 1955 race that would help put her on the U.S. Olympic ski team. As she sped down a Utah mountain slope, she lost control on an icy bump, struck a spectator, crashed and tumbled into a tree
ALEXANDER LANGUAGE SCHOOLS

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