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5 de dic. de 2022 · Arthur Conan Doyle is widely known as the creator of Sherlock Holmes. A little-known fact is that he also helped to make skiing popular in Switzerland. The Move to Switzerland. Davos in Winter – from Tuberculosis in infancy and childhood : its pathology, prevention, and treatment” (1908)
Arthur Conan Doyle, “An Alpine Pass on ‘Ski’”, The Strand Magazine, December 1894. Arthur Conan Doyle made various stays in Switzerland, first a short and mostly touristic one in the summer of 1893, then longer ones, mainly in Davos, for the benefit of his first wife who suffered from tuberculosis.
13 de ago. de 2014 · 2. 356 views 8 years ago. Conan Doyle's Tour on Skis from Davos to Arosa, Switzerland (March 1894), filmed by Austrian filmmaker Lutz Maurer on original skis, on location, in 1992. Sir...
An Alpine Pass on "Ski" is an article written by Arthur Conan Doyle first published in The Strand Magazine in december 1894. The article relates the Conan Doyle expedition of march 1894 in Switzerland, where he travelled from Davos to Arosa passing by Maienfelder Pass ( Furka Pass in the article).
Brilliant deduction, Holmes. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle is the creator of the heroic detective Sherlock Holmes. Doyle regarded himself more as Dr. Watson – a pragmatist. So pragmatic, in fact, that he also headed off on dangerous ski tours – and so heralded in the skiing boom in Davos.
by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. An Alpine Pass on "Ski" shows just how much Doyle enjoyed ski adventures, this one in Davos, Switzerland. It was published in the Strand Magazine, December, 1894. We feature it in our collection of Winter Sports Stories. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle in Davos, 1894. Introduction.
Experts now say Conan Doyle’s experience was pivotal in the making of skiing as a popular sport. He wrote of his Maienfelder Furka Pass adventure in an article titled An Alpine Pass on Ski (sic) for an 1894 edition of The Strand — a piece read by thousands of future skiers.
