| When reminiscing about people who have worn one | | | | the spot where one would normally find a spike. |
| shoe rather than a pair of shoes, a TV movie comes | | | | Perhaps Hollywood writers should think about creating |
| to mind. The movie included repeated shots of one | | | | a similar movie, a movie in which an Iraq war veteran |
| shoe. That one shoe was able to fit inside the hooks | | | | struggles through life wearing a single shoe. That |
| on a ski. That movie aired in the mid 1970s, after the | | | | veteran could be a male, as in that old made for TV |
| end of the Vietnam War. The lead character in that | | | | movie, or it could be a female. CNN recently profiled |
| movie played a Vietnam veteran, a veteran with one | | | | a female veteran who had qualified as a swimmer in |
| leg. That veteran learned to ski on one leg, using | | | | the 2008 summer Paralympics. |
| special ski poles, poles that had tiny skis at the end, | | | | |