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‘I dug my heels hard in which shot me off backwards, and in an instant my skis fl ew away like an arrow from a bow and vanished over the next slope’
Left: Conan Doyle’s attempts to master his skis provided him with a wealth of hilarious anecdotes. Opposite: The author in New York in 1922 with his second wife, Jean, and their children. Above: Fashion and style on the piste has changed over the years.