The 1880s saw a shift from Nordic skiing (cross-country skiing), to Alpine skiing (downhill skiing), because the adrenaline rush of gliding down a mountainside had more mass appeal than skiing across level terrain.

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We could see drones accompanying early morning joggers, taking sport, wildlife, and other photography to a new level, or mapping out hard-to-reach geographic terrain.

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It traverses oxygen-starved, earthquake-prone terrain that for most of the way is over 4, 000 metres (13, 120 feet) above sea level and rises to 5, 072 metres not far off the altitude of Mount Everest's base camp.

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