How Team Australia Is Preparing For The Olympics’ Newest Winter Sport

• Ski mountaineering makes its Olympic debut as the first new Winter Games sport in 30 years.
• Australian athletes face unpredictable alpine terrain with little margin for error.
• Endurance, risk assessment and adaptability define the sport’s steep learning curve.

It’s true what they say: ‘What goes up, must come down’. No more is this well-trodden phrase more evident than at Milano Cortina at this year’s Winter Olympic Games, where more than 50 Australian athletes have…