ニューヨーク・タイムズのインスタグラム(nytimes) - 2月9日 07時31分

“The most beautiful thing in life is #skating on a floor of black ice, in the cold, hearing the sounds of ice skating in nature,” said Wim Wiltenburg. “It’s better than sex.” #Speedskating on natural ice is a beloved #Dutch national pastime. The tradition is alive and well — just not necessarily in the #Netherlands, where climate change now yields winters too warm for the waterways to freeze over with any consistency. The consequences of this have been felt in a historical event called the #Elfstedentocht, a one-day, long-distance speedskating tour through 11 cities of the Friesland province. This week, the race will pass a worrisome milestone: Friday is the 8,070th day since the previous edition, the longest period without a race since its inception in 1909. But the Dutch refuse to let its spirit die. So every winter, close to 6,000 people from the Netherlands make a pilgrimage to #Weissensee. They seek the cold and the ice of this town’s enormous, asparagus-shaped lake. Known as the Alternative Elfstedentocht, the relocated race has been embraced by the Dutch as the rare chance to skate the same, staggering 200-kilometer distance their ancestors did. @kiehart shot this photo in Weissensee. Swipe left to see more of the lake, and visit the link in our profile to read more.

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