U.S. Skimo Athletes Get Boost With “Project Podium”

Apple pie. Baseball. Bruce Springsteen. From sports to musicians, the U.S. has countless cultural signifiers. Competitive ski mountaineering—skimo, for short—isn’t one of them, at least for now.“The whole sport is very Eurocentric. It's very big in Europe… you go to these towns for these races, and you know, these athletes are driving cars from their sponsors. I mean, it's a big deal over there,” said Sarah Cookler, the recently appointed Head of Sport at the