Yak skiing is a sport reportedly practiced in the Indian hill resort of Manali as a tourist attraction. A view of the mountains near the town of Manali, India. ...
According to Time Magazine, it involves a skier waiting at the bottom of a slope and a yak at the top of the hill; yak and skier are connected by means of a rope going around a pulley at the top of the hill. To engage the yak, the skier must shake (and swiftly put down) a bucket of nuts. This attracts the yak, which charges downhill and pulls the skier upward by means of the rope. (Clockwise from upper left) Time magazine covers from May 7, 1945; July 25, 1969; December 31, 1999; September 14, 2001; and April 21, 2003. ... Binomial name Bos grunniens Linnaeus, 1766 Subspecies Bos grunniens grunniens Bos grunniens mutus The yak (Bos grunniens) is a long-haired humped domestic bovine found in Tibet and throughout the Himalayan region of south central Asia, as well as in Mongolia. ... Pulleys on a ship. ...
See also
Yak polo, another sport (or tourist attraction) involving yaks.
Yak polo (or sarlagan polo) is a Mongolian variant of the sport polo. ...
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