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Skiers from around the country take to the trails this weekend for the 39th annual American Birkebeiner near Hayward and Cable. While the Birkie is the state’s premier racing event, the pleasures of cross-country skiing can be found all over Wisconsin. Commentator Erika Janik reflects on what cross-country skiing has meant to her.
Erika Janik is the co-creator and former executive director of Wisconsin Life. She is the author of six books, including Pistols and Petticoats: 175 Years of Lady Detectives in Fact and Fiction, Apple: A Global History, and Marketplace of the Marvelous: The Strange Origins of Modern Medicine. She’s currently the executive...
