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Alright, I was going to harass you for the névé since it came up in the last couple episodes but it looks like it's already taken care of. There are enough words I can't pronounce in Engrish that I think I can let that one slide :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Alkasquawlik
This is the way.Quote:
Originally Posted by Woo-Dus
poop dragon
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Hilarious and awesome music choice.
I mean that entirely unironically. It's like if Joe Satriani did the soundtrack to a Rocky training montage. I legit had that type of stuff on my skiing mixtape in the early nineties.Quote:
Originally Posted by I've seen black diamonds!
That line looked scary as hell from the bottom and ridiculously fun while you were on it.
Great episode. Hanging out with the locals, waiting for conditions, no helicopters, and getting a classic line in perfect conditions.
Awesome!
I remember reading about Doug Ward and that line in the late 90’s or 2000.
Did a group ski that same line the day before?
I would like to see some late 70s heavy metal music covers worked into the mix. Possibly done on a hammer dulcimer or banjo.
Oar you could pull out all the stops and use bag pipes.
And pocket bacon!
nice squiggles
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HtC3O6Z65F4
Yeah a day or two before...not quite sure though as we drove back to the coast between when we shot with Doug and skied the line.Quote:
Originally Posted by bodywhomper
Definitely helps for a faster ascent!
"Let's all recreate in a counterclockwise direction." E. Abbey.Quote:
Originally Posted by Alkasquawlik
I like how the old dude with the experience uses normal collapsible poles, and uses the straps on the safe uphill.Attachment 444980
that’s how you do it
the silly pecker poles are, well, silly
I could never give up the option of the cane position shown in the photo. resting the heel of my palm lightly on top of the downhill pole during mellow skin traverses or bearing down on top of both poles on steep sections of track. That extra grip option is essential, both for efficiency and variety/rest/relief. I couldn’t grip the pole the same way all day. I imagine some kind of wrist RSI after a few years of thousands upon thousands of repetitions.
Yes! I noticed that, too. Like, hallelujah, someone who actually knows how to use poles.Quote:
Originally Posted by plugboots
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I’ve been teaching my girlfriend how to skin and tour and stuff and we were going through this exercise yesterday. How and when to use your straps and not use your straps.
I wouldnt recognize Doug if i walked into him on a sidewalk but to a lot of people in the rockies he was the myth/name that skied everything first, or most everything. They were the guys. Doug and a Hahn brother(kevin? I think). No vids and seems like very few pics, just word of mouth, legend. Before rap films, greg stump and before warren miller was interested. I guess it was only the french alpinists they fed off of. I'd never claim a first in the rockies. Chances are he or the crew that followed have skied it. Many many have followed in those footsteps, whether knowing or not. They should know
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”straps off in avalanche terrain while skiing, strap on in the bedroom while poling, ok honey?”Quote:
Originally Posted by ~mikey b
So you think you will be done by the end of the season?
Hope the snow luck holds out for you to do so.
I would imagine you have a vaca picked out for a tropical island.
Thatd be a tough call id imagine. Isnt tnf of robson on the list? All about conditions and i think that line has only had 5 people(3 seperate days) ski it
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8 left?
And the hiking trail up Robson is still closed half way up. There is another entrance but it is a long long detour
Theres
Polar Star on Baffin
Robson
Columbia
Split
Bloody
University
Mira St Elias
Must be missing one. Im betting Columbia is done and possibly Split & Bloody.
It will not be done by the end of the year, that’s for sure. The main problem is so many of the crux lines overlap on timing. With the need to spend a lot of time on the cruxes, I can’t go in wham-bam style. Plus that’s not what I want to do in terms of personal preference, safety and film making. This project would’ve been a lot easier without the film making / episode creation aspect of it. But I’d also be broke and not have a job anymore. Plus I really really enjoy the creative process and story telling aspect. My hope this next year is to get 5 done and work on the last two in the background quietly.Quote:
Originally Posted by nortonwhis
However it works out it's a monumental effort, good on ya. We've all enjoyed your teams hard work. Insane amount of effort.
My intermediate skier wife watched a couple Fifty episodes over my shoulder at the computer and decided she wanted to watch the whole series (on our TV). She likes Cody because he does not come off as a conceited brobrah. And she likes the scenery, and the uphill. Anyway it has been interesting to go back and revisit the early episodes and compare the production value to the more recent episodes. Pretty damn cool creative project, Cody. You and Bjarne deserve major props.
agreed
I’m really looking fwd to Baffin island. I hope you can take the time while out there and hit multiple lines.
This has surely pushed forward the envelope of what is possible, it would have been a shame not to document it.
The route finding, solid judgement, knowing when to say when all contribute to a orchestra of back country deliciousness that will be hard to surpass or even equal. Do it in Europe and Asia next?
The Cody and Bjarne type II fun team is great to watch and the “colorful” side characters flush out the story.
After having watched the progression of ski movies over the years i feel this has evolved it to a better and more realistic endeavor. One that many of us could dream to attempt a line or two.
Kudos to Mrs Cody, Elise, in that she has allowed him to sally forth and travel in the mtns as I would surmise she and he would rather spend time with the family unit at times.
Keep on doing what yall be doing.
TOML
Had you just ticked of all 50 lines, your name would just be a line in some obscure skiing reference book. Kind of like Dav's and the Colorado 14s project. This is a body of work that will be around and watched for sometime to come. As Yeahman has said, it is fun to go back and watch previous episodes, and I always look forward for the next drop. It will be a good summer activity to rewatch the episodes on a big TV, but I think it will take more then a few six packs.
If you wish to make a cherry pie, you must first create the universe - Carl SaganQuote:
Originally Posted by Alkasquawlik
been home sick as hell for a few days - entertaining myself with some old episodes
https://youtu.be/tn-8_8ozDYQ
totally worth a watch just for the ski/bike shenanigans at the end
15 years later and the person who didn't secure film permits for Dav's 14ers movie is STILL catching flack :biggrin:Quote:
Originally Posted by hutash
I kayak, and it would be rad if Cody and Bjarne linked up with Erik Boomer and Sarah McNair-Landry up there. They've done some awesome human/dog-powered arctic ski+ expeditionsQuote:
Originally Posted by bodywhomper
Moose?Quote:
Originally Posted by weibo
Hmmmm is that like when I tell my wife I like the swimsuit shots because it helps me scope new vacation spots. :fm:Quote:
Originally Posted by yeahman
Yep. I don't know what the second half is like but the Horseman brushed the first half this summer. I think it's 55k.Quote:
Originally Posted by Andyski
I accused her of having a crush on Cody but she said she wants to see him without a hat first. :smile:Quote:
Originally Posted by cat in january
There is a reason I always wear a hat FYIQuote:
Originally Posted by yeahman