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Scaramanga Roped Race
The Scaramanga Roped Race is a ski race for pairs of skiers roped together. It takes place annually in the Swiss village of Mürren when conditions permit. Prior to 2018, it was run on New Years Day, but is now takes place on New Years Eve at the end of the skiing day. It is organised by the Kandahar Ski Club. History The race was first run in 1925 for a cup offered by J. G. Scaramanga, an original member of the Kandahar Ski Club. The object of the race was to encourage "roped running" to improve safety on glaciers. The first race was run on the 2 February 1925 and the competitors were Arnold Lunn Sir Arnold Henry Moore Lunn (18 April 1888 – 2 June 1974) was a skier, mountaineer and writer. He was knighted for "services to British Skiing and Anglo-Swiss relations" in 1952. His father was a lay Methodist minister, but Lunn was an agn ... and A. P. Allinson, C. J. Scaramanga and J. A. Joannides, Duncan Harvey and Charles Wenham, and John Mercer and A. H. d'Egville. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scaramanga 2014
Scaramanga may refer to: Place *Skaramagas, Greece People * James Scaramanga (1898–1918), First World War Greek-British flying ace credited with twelve aerial victories * Francisco Scaramanga, a fictional James Bond character from ''The Man with the Golden Gun'' Sports * The Scaramanga Roped Race, a Swiss ski race Music *Jonny Scaramanga, guitarist on Kee Marcello album ''Redux: Europe'' *"Scaramanga/The Force" (Feat. Fergie) from album Agnelli & Nelson *Scaramanga, DJ featured on ''DJ-Kicks: Stereo MCs'' *The Scaramanga Six, English rock band *"Scaramanga", a 1989 song by Dan Hartman from album ''New Green Clear Blue'' *"Scaramanga", song by Raging Speedhorn from ''We Will Be Dead Tomorrow'' {{disambiguation, surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
