barry corbet film festival in Jackson

AAAARRRGGGHHHH the second film was just painful....painfully long..they took ten minutes of emotional jumbo and crammed it into 40, 50, 60??? minutes

what gives?

films of the first night:
1. crazy french ? dude skiing out of control in Alaska
2. extra weepy overly long film featuring rednecks playing with parrots in West Virginia talking about their dead cousin
3. GREAT film about the hustory of corbet's
4. Good film about Doug C.skking the Grand...

Great honor was bestowed upon Bill Briggs- who first skied the Grand Teton in 1971...

Free Beer Too!!! (well donation appreciated)

Great night out!!!

someone with 3 posts might want to chill on critical judgements of the founder of ALPINIST.......just a thought........:rolleyes2

Yea, you have way more tenure than him!:yourock:

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Originally Posted by skiing-in-jackson

AAAARRRGGGHHHH the second film was just painful....painfully long..they took ten minutes of emotional jumbo and crammed it into 40, 50, 60??? minutes

2. extra weepy overly long film featuring rednecks playing with parrots in West Virginia talking about their dead cousin
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Maybe you don't realize that a great many people in that room knew, loved, and respected Hans Saari.

The underlying theme of the film festival is adventure, risk, and the unfortunate consequences that sometimes follow. I thought the film was moving and I learned many things about Hans that I didn't know. (Although yes, a little more editing wouldn't have hurt too much.)

I agree about the film on Corbet's - it was great.

And the Standing O for Bill Briggs was so perfect. I loved Coombs' comment about having been a teenager looking at a poster of Briggs's first ski descent of the Grand and going "I could NEVER ski something like that!".

anyway others could see the Corbett's film? did it talk about the downhill race days and the route it took over to downhill chutes etc? footage of the old downhills?

No I didn't know hans...but as a resident skier/climber for 15 years in Jackson, I've been lucky that none of my close friends have died, but have known many aquaintences (sp?) who've gone on to meet their maker.

I'm not sure abut the releases of the films...eventually they'll be available but when I'd don't know...they didn't say either...

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Originally Posted by Scooter65

anyway others could see the Corbett's film? did it talk about the downhill race days and the route it took over to downhill chutes etc? footage of the old downhills?

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Peter Pilafian - http://www.hpix.com/bio.html - made the film.

The name of the film is "Someday, Somebody Will Ski That". The title comes from a quote Barry Corbet made on first seeing the couloir while exploring the mountain with founder Paul McCollister several years before the tram opened.

Peter was still editing the film a few minutes before they screened it last night, so he said that what we saw last night is still a work in progress. I talked to him earlier this week and he said the movie will definitely be available for purchase sometime soon.

It's really a cool film. It has the amazing footage from the old movie "Rhythms" of Joe Larrow's launch (skating, poling, tucking from the top of the mountain to the lip of Corbet's) back in the early 80's. Anybody who has ever looked over the edge of Corbet's and then sees that footage is just in awe.

Nothing at all in the film about the old World Cup downhill course or races. Corbet's was not part of that course.

I had always thought they had a start in the run out of Corbet's? and then headed left to the right-hand drop into the down hill chute? Anybody else know that old route?

[QUOTE=skiing-in-jackson]No I didn't know hans...but as a resident skier/climber for 15 years in Jackson, I've been lucky that none of my close friends have died, but have known many aquaintences (sp?) who've gone on to meet their maker.

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Hans was a good friend of mine (skiing/climbing) partner in my Bozeman days. Also worked with him at Dana Designs.

He is sorely missed.

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Originally Posted by Scooter65

I had always thought they had a start in the run out of Corbet's? and then headed left to the right-hand drop into the down hill chute? Anybody else know that old route?

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The World Cup Downhill course started right at the upper edge of Tensleep Bowl where you come over from the East Ridge Traverse (just skier's right of Hanging Snowfield). It went down Tensleep to the Cirque Traverse intersection, turned right slightly and went over and down the Downhill Chute. From there, it dropped across what used to be known as "The Waterfall" where the gully part of Amphitheater run starts.

It then followed Amphitheater run down to the Sunnyside Traverse (directly across from the bottom of Thunder Run). It follwed Sunnyside along the north side of Dick's Ditch to the intersection with Gros Ventre, then followed Gros Ventre all the way to the bottom.

Jean Claude Killy and Franz Klammer were the winners of the two downhills that were held.

I thought the films last night were pretty good. The second half was certainly more entertaining than the first, but it was all about skiing and climbing. The second was realistic, unfortunate, but it happened. I couldn't help but see huge differences between the film about Hans and the film about D.C. skiing the Grand. D.C. and his group took a lot of safety measures, including rapping any sketchy parts- even those that MIGHT have been skiable. As a result he was in the Village talking to us last night. Of course I know nothing about the circumstances concerning Hans except what I saw in the film.

I guess the moral of the movies are be safe and do what you love. It was great hearing from Bill Briggs and the film on Corbets was great.

Speaking of Corbets- man- it's pretty big right now. I skied it early season when it was a moderate drop for the Couloir. I think it's about as big as it gets right now.