response: Yeah, also are you a fan of cross country? Its the skiing form where the skier uses their own motions to move over the snow instead of using a lift or something like that.
original_response: Cross country skiing is interesting, where the skier relies on their own locomotion to move across snow covered terrain
history: Do you like skiing? I'm neutral on skiing, but did you know that it has been around for around 5000 years? Really 5000? And yeah I love it, especially during the winter for the mix of adrenaline against the cold weather. That sounds interesting, do you it for just recreation or also for transportation and competition? Just recreationally here, I watch the competitions during the Olympics. Do you know where the word ski comes from? Oh yeah, so you know Old Norse? Well they had a word, "skio", it meant "split piece of firewood or wood" and that is where ski came from. I did not know that, who is your favorite skier? Don't really have one. The first skier on two poles dates back to 1741 I believe. Wow that is a long time ago.
knowledge: Cross-country skiing is a form of skiing where skiers rely on their own locomotion to move across snow-covered terrain, rather than using ski lifts or other forms of assistance.