One of the best
racers was a British woman named Audrey Sale - Barker, and a description of her from a contemporary account (1929) is fascinating — if only to see how this rather pale and ethereal
young thing contrasts with the sturdy, hard - schussing women downhillers of today: «Audrey Sale - Barker was very tall, extremely slim... with pale honey - colored hair, a vague, dreamy expression, and when she
skied I can only describe her as a sleepwalker.