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I was replying to a post which stated how the episode was so different and the episodes are about climbing and skiing the 50, correct?
If you don't think that line is an awesome meadow skipping pow run, you clearly suck at skiing and should head back to AZ. And not the state, because RA is out there and he rips, so you won't be able to keep up.
Haa a win win win sieze the moment for Wirth. Probably saw 50 episode and jumped on the algorythym, changed the release date znd trolled trg. Slow clap sir slow clap
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Cody's video racked up 56k views in two days, and so far Wirth's has about 1k. So he's got a long way to go and needs every advantage he can get.
Keep in mind he has 31 episodes to run this year and Cody has probably less than 14.Quote:
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I was also curious about any precautions taken given the considerable rating and the 35-40 degree slope. Of course, all we know is the overall rating and not the different problems for the day, but you obviously weren't too worried given the photographer waiting in the middle of the big face.
I’m excited to watch the 7 Steps episode, as I bailed on that line last winter due to wind scoured conditions (skied the neighboring Jupiter Traverse instead, which is equally badass imho).
Regarding the young gun, I was interested to watch Wirth’s video on the Comstock and found it entertaining, albeit not of the same caliber as the 50 Project.
He definitely made the descent look spicy, and did have some useful comments on snow stability / decision making… although I’m not convinced he’s actually taking his own safety advice.
I can honestly say that day tripping up to the Asulkan Hut, dropping the backside, touring to the next drainage, climbing that couloir, and coming back would be a monumental effort.
The question that should be asked about this effort is what if there was an accident, broken piece of gear, or lack of gps mapping in that area?
Answer: the train rolls off the tracks.
If people are going to get grumpy about ski content on YouTube, get annoyed at the other pros (https://youtu.be/idvv1uZFm08), (https://youtu.be/4CYf2k4ehK0) and wannabes (https://youtu.be/FlKwuDHUoTA) posting drone footage from wilderness not some video piggybacking. I appreciate Cody’s don't fly drones in wilderness messaging.
To Wirth’s credit, that continuous GoPro shot of skiing bluebird pow got me more fired up for the ski season than any other ski content I’ve consumed so far this year.
Cody used drones in Wilderness in the Giant Steps episode, see here (around the 7:55 mark) https://youtu.be/NrDCgtMoPaY?t=474
True, although I my mind doing it once and then making an effort to educate the masses is different from continuing to post drone in wilderness and not giving a fuck about it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Benneke10
Also the TGR Ring of Fire series had a few wilderness peaks with drone shots. Don’t get me wrong, the footage is sweet, I just don’t want my favorite ski spots filled with drones from every ski YouTuber who figures out enforcement is very minimal.
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I can't tell if your comments are criticizing me for saying this episode was different?Quote:
Originally Posted by jackstraw
The skiing was fantastic, I didn't call it meadow skipping. This episode was so different because the focus was on Cody as a parent and husband, and that experience. Yes, they climbed and skied one of the Fifty, but the focus of this episode was completely different. At least to me.
I liked this episode. Been a while since I saw something I would consider "Paulster-doable."
Looked like a fantastic day in the mountains, which no doubt is made all-the-better by getting a break from a 6 month old. Been there (twice), and you really do appreciate those break times.
Really love this series. Could someone write a book with 100 summits and send to Cody because it would be a shame if a series like this was to end.
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Yup. Fucked up on that one heavily. Read the maps wrong, thought it was fine and a NFS agent about two months later informed it was not fine. Didn’t end up getting fined because she said we were displaying overall good wilderness and backcountry ethics and if we could educate others about drones it would help her a ton. So started including that messaging in our series. We were following rules strictly before Giant Steps, just again, somehow read a map wrong and thought we were good. We were not.Quote:
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Wirth is releasing weekly vs. Cody's bi-weekly so they will run on the same schedule.Quote:
Originally Posted by powdork
Hell no. I was totally agreeing with you. His son, wifey (not her skiing, she obviously rips better than anyone in here!) and the whole vibe of parenthood. Maybe I added my take of the mellow pow line, but assumed you meant that also. Don't get me wrong either. I'd ski (well I'd probably snowboard) that line over and over and over again. It would be a blast!Quote:
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So basically you either don’t understand what meadow skipping means or you just misspoke and are now doubling down on it. Cool, cool.Quote:
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It’s possibly y’all are parsing jackstraw’s post a little too much. I took it as a slightly hyperbolic distinction between the lines like Comstock vs something in the skill set of my middle-aged, middle school teacher ass.
Yes it was steep in sections, but it was a mortal-level ski tour. It would be a line to remember for me, but I could probably make that memory.
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looks like a ripping line to me
they hit it in bluebird
i could feel it -- i had to remember it hasn't even snowed on the hill here yet...
I wish I was as cool as you bro.Quote:
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Huh. I thought the meadow skipping comment was OK. I thought by TRG standards that WAS meadow skipping. Not like that’s a bad thing…whatever.
Internet expression is not easy. You’d all get along irl. Nobody is trying to be too cool, in fact the opposite. Snow will fall soon and you’ll all be happier
In the meantime enjoy the ski videos. we certainly have [emoji1]
After watching the other dudes comstock vid, I’m curious how it ended up on the 50 classic list. Seems pretty random to me and was only included as an ego stroke for hill imho since it doesn’t get skied. Seven steps on the other hand looks fun as shit and qualifies due to the fact it is prolly one of the most skied lines in a classic zone. Cody and crew scored and made me want to ski it some day…….party shredding bluebird blower bliss for the win
Very good point. Its hard to call a line a classic when the only people who seem to care about skiing it are the ones trying to cover the whole list, and no one skis it for the inherent value of doing it for its own sake.Quote:
Originally Posted by gimpy
According to that criteria Mt St Elias should be off the list. Fact is the list is totally arbitrary and was made as a coffee table book. I’d guess that book sales have greatly increased since Cody started this adventure.
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50 classic ski descents follows the convention of 50 classic climbs which is a mix of the trade routes and the unrepeated. Comstock follows the trend of the Hummingbird Ridge and some other stuff in the OG climbing book. Much angst has been spent on that topic since the publication of both.Quote:
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See the Patriarch Line.Quote:
Originally Posted by altacoup
Fact is, this is an inspiring series meant to fuel the stoke.
Come up with your own classic lines. Make your own list. Generate your own criteria.
If it ain’t fun, you’re doing it wrong!
Patriarch is badass. So many other lines in the GYE. So many other humble people.
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Attachment 430664Bugs to Rogers, Youngs Peak, the Spearhead and a bunch of other lines in that book are “classics”. Having skied the Comstock, I’d say it’s just another blue run in Chamonix and not a “classic”. It was a cool adventure, something that we stared at from afar and then one day went and skied it. I don’t know how it ended up in that book, but it’s fun to see it get so much attention—I am stoked to see more people put some more tracks in it. I wish I was getting paid to do this book report����
St Elias has been skied by several parties and attempted by many. There is even a Red Bull movie about skiing St Elias.Quote:
Originally Posted by altacoup
Are the unrepeated lines in the Classic Climbs book exceedingly difficult/dangerous or just obscure? The fact that Wirth just went and sent the Comstock leads me to believe that the line is more obscure than anything else.
What you said about St Elias is heavily up to debate FYI.Quote:
Originally Posted by Benneke10
But as fas as Comstock, that was something I was trying to get out of Greg and Rubens in the episode. From most of the local chatter, it had or hadn’t been repeated (hearing local chatter of two other small groups that have skied it before this past year), simply because it was deep and not heavily sought after. There is just so many insane lines from the road that are either better in quality, more challenging in technicality or just more interesting, that loading up heavy bags to do multi-day trips off the pass just isn’t very enticing to most locals. It just really hasn’t been attempted much because why would you go all that way for a line when better and more fun is closer to the road?
Anyways, that my interpretation.
Just bought some fkin socks bruh. Time to replace the 9000 year old ones.
Cool series. Wirth seems a little toolbox -y. Whatev..
It was just a moment in time. Revy/Golden bro brahs posturing for significance, with Greg and his blog a proto version of the 50. Somehow skiing the Comstock got them a relatively obscure 15 minutes of fame. Greg then got asked for his contribution when this made him seem as rad as possible, which was part of his schtick until he reinvented himself as wise, green Greg. In this part of the World there are obviously equally worthy lines everywhere you look, in every direction, as far as you can see, but I don’t care about the arbitrariness of it all, as long as you keep it entertaining, I’ll watch.Quote:
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Okay, man. lol...Quote:
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hey Cody
The Fifty is a cool project
the films are great
Idea for the last/50th episode: FAAAAAAAMMMMMILLLLYYYY RUN on Bloody.
Back in the day, we would all meet up at the top of KT or Granite or whatever top of the mountain we were on at 3:00 for a "Family Run" - all ability levels, all fun, all laughs, and goofs and good times. Beers and Joints. Costumes. Shenanigans. After a morning or full day of single-mindedly pursuing the best snow, lines, and hits with the boys, meeting up with everyone at 3:00 for a run down the groomer or mellow terrain sent us all out into the lot in top style. Everyone could ride it - even the folks newer to snow-sliding. It was a bigass hug for the whole fam.
Now, we do the same thing, but have kids of all sizes in the mix. FAAAAMMMMMILLLLLY RUN for real.
Bloody is relatively easy, attainable by mortals, and begs for a party ski. Put together the whole crew, invite the olds and the youngs, do a Green Creek-style chute-out, costumes, full regalia. Camp out at the base. Sorta the inverse of the snowlerblade episode. Celebrate one helluva journey and all the humans along the way.
Oh, and Alka, you gotta snowboard it. :fm:
Bro, I'm the most jaded local cool guy. Don't try to steal my thunder:)Quote:
Originally Posted by kootenayskier
I tried watching the Wirths guy video linked up on here. I got into maybe 3 or 4 minutes then got really bored. That's me being old most likely and not really caring to watch ski porn anymore. He's young and fired up, that's cool or whatever. I can totally sit through a 50 episode, these are done well and entertaining enough to hold my interest. I really appreciate the no attitude and humble approach to things.
Other than that skiing is kind of silly when you really think about it. There isn't any reason to tie our egos so intensely to all of it. It's literally just recreation, going right left right left, up down up and down. Whatever.
I once was a young insecure man eager to prove himself sliding down the snowy mountains, I can't say I like that kid anymore.
I'm old now. :D
ditto
don't your sponsors make a kid pack? That was a family friendly line. Pro tip, give the wife a break. Freeze that breast milk and share a snack with your son out touring. The 50 classic idea is pretty meaningless. However am enjoying the videos as it is interesting to see the different mountain ranges. As for this 7 steps had no idea it was a classic. Was not even going to bother skiing it because my partner wanted to ski the trees lower down. In Alaska that line is just another low angle glacier run while the trees and pillows to us were the classic lines in that area.
Bruh I skied 7 steps switch w snow blades naked eating frozen artisan breast milk the entire time.
If this is one thing I’ve learned becoming a father it’s that other parents really want to tell ya how to parent.Quote:
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