yak skiing

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Yak skiing is a sport practiced in the Indian hill resort of Manali, Himachal Pradesh, as a tourist attraction. The sport 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 pony nuts. This attracts the yak, which charges downhill and pulls the skier upward by means of the rope.{{cite news|url=http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1077223,00.html|title=Extreme Yak Sports|last=Perry|first=Alex|date=4 July 2005|work=Time|access-date=2012-03-08}}{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4644933.stm|title=Asia's newest sport - yak skiing|date=3 July 2005|publisher=BBC News|access-date=2008-10-21}}