Brilliat. Thx for sharing.
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Brilliat. Thx for sharing.
very cool, thanks. strong effort.
large pictures on page one make my old & possibly dying computer freeze. page two loads fine, including shapely backsides!
farking orsum TR !!!
I normally dont read all the blog stuff but this was truely epic !!!
2 out of 6 summits aint so bad when talking about 20,000 farkin feet peaks !!!
Bravo man, way to make the time to train fir a trip like this and then take a month to get it done.
Any trip report that features donkeys, glaciers, and Praxis skis is bound for greatness. You send this to Keith yet?
Inquiring minds want to know: which of you were in the Yetis, were they stock flex or stiffer, and how did they handle the mixed bag of conditions you inevitably find on massive routes such as the ones you guys skied?
Juan was riding Yetis, stock flex. I think he has been really happy with them, both in Peru and all spring in the Alps. He's a climber who has recently gotten into skiing, and chose a ski that reflects that.
From my perspective, they looked like a solid setup, and the shape seems really good for skiing and touring through all kinds of variable conditions. If they have a shortcoming for skiing and climbing in Peru, it is that they don't have a long enough effective edge - lots of very firm snow in exposed areas makes you want every mm of edge you can get.
I will send this along to Keith, thanks.
amazing as always lee. Keep on living the dream!
That was Bad Ass, Lee.
after a long hiatus from the forums, to come back and read through this was awesome. epic adventure and well written. thanks for sharing the experience
Solid work and effort. We went to Alpamayo Col camp in late June and saw tracks (in what looked like it had been pow) on the glacier en route to the col. I'm guessing they were yours. Flaco was even pulling karate moves on me in BASE camp. Our crew summited Quitaraju with ski gear on a beautiful day but still had to rap down the entire thing due to unskiable conditions. Hell of a trip, though.
Cool trip Lee!
Screw the mountains. I just want to camp here:
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LL - our local shop owner - who you know - was skiing that mtn range a few weeks ago. You may have just missed him. I told him you had been there. Reply: "Lee likes to ski".
It's a beautiful spot and this photo doesn't even show the views. The downside is the extraordinary amount of poo on the ground and a dead cow in the bathroom.Quote:
Originally Posted by neck beard
epic!!!! feed the stoke!!!!
A dead cow in the bathroom today = an awesome white cow skeleton in the bathroom in a few years time. Silver linings.