Compared to the 1975 Trofeo Mezzalama, which was also held as "World Championship of Ski Mountaineering" with the classes "Civilians", "Soldiers" and "Mountain guides",[2] the ICSM competition was only for members of the civilian national squads.
Participants from countries without a squad could register with the help of the national mountain organizations.
The best line we heard was from the Polish team, whom we passed on the downhill at high speed saying, “You guys can sure ski down hill fast.” Which meant that we were very
[3]The weight of the ultra-light skis of the European top teams was only about [clarification needed] including binding.
These teams also had the mentioned race suits as well as long and light Nordic skiing poles.