Frigid Beijing-area temperatures ramp up efforts by cold-tested Olympians to keep warm
BEIJING — The sun had set and a frigid night wind blew across the mountains as Brad Wilson attempted to explain himself. Puffs of condensation from his breath settled on his eyelashes, freezing instantly.
“It’s definitely been cold-cold,” he said.
The Montana native knows something about inclement weather. He arrived in China last week with a decade’s worth of experience as an elite moguls skier, competing in some of the chilliest places on the planet.
Which made it surprising that, during his first few days at the Beijing Olympics, Wilson managed to catch a touch of frostbite.
“The very last
