Also on display was the Hill King, a portable ski tow which was itself on skis.
Ben Southworth, a volunteer who runs a timber frame company, was manning the rope tow, which is powered by the engine from a 1957 Chevrolet.
They are too short for today's massive tows, which consist of about 15 barges bound together (30 on the lock-less lower Mississippi).
01661 860689, ski-allenheads.co.uk The most alpine ski area in England is the Lake District Ski Club tow, which sits amid some of the highest mountains in England.
One club recruiter said some women turn up to interviews with their mothers in tow, which never would have happened when the job was less respectable.
Gliders are also launched by shock-cord launching, which works on the principle of a slingshot, or by winch tow, which works like a giant fishing reel, with the glider attached to one end like a fish.
It costs an operator about $10,000 a day when there is a delay with a tow, which helps the unwieldy barges, sometimes up to 45 of them tied together, navigate.
The bloggers, known as the Fug Girls, also reported that Russell Simmons showed up at the Z by Zac Posen show later that evening with the director Brett Ratner in tow, which seemingly came as a surprise to the show's organizers.
With this new capital in tow, which brings its total to $65 million, Coursera has big plans ahead.
