As the Tokyo Olympics gets underway, help stave off FOMO by trying one of these six outdoor adventures inspired by the Games, from heli-skiing in Alaska to skateboarding in Southern California
be able to watch the Tokyo Olympics in the flesh, but why not pay homage to the tradition by attempting your own athletic feat? All over the U.S., former gold medalists, top coaches and sporting venues allow mere mortals to dabble in Olympic sports, old and new. In Squaw Valley, site of the 1960 Winter Games, you can traverse the same cross-country trails that the dominant Soviet Union’s women’s team plied that year. Tommy Moe, a 1994 Olympian, will guide visitors down black diamonds in Alaska.
For a more immediate and more interactive history lesson, head to Ed Z’berg Sugar Pine Point State Park where you can follow the same 35.4 miles of Nordic trails those ’60s Olympians raced along.In 1875, Scottish climber George Anderson made the first ascent to the summit of Half Dome in Yosemite National Park, inspiring generations of climbers around the world. Now, 146 years later, sport climbing will finally make its debut as an Olympic event in Tokyo’s Aomi Urban Sports Park.
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