The FIFTY

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Originally Posted by nyskirat

I'd love to see them just go find lines they've always eyeballed, be it from the car, plane, helicopter, etc. and ski those. Just exploring and having fun.

What is awesome about the 50, IMO, is that it is relatable (for the most part).

We've all gone on trips where the snow isn't great, where the conditions cause us to turn around, etc. but most ski films neglect this aspect of the experience.

I don't think there are any other series or movies out there that do such a good job of this.

i'll be sad when it's over

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Well there is going to be an announcement related to this series soon. In a delayed but upcoming episode. Alongside that, I’ll let ya know that some sort of series will be coming in the future that will incorporate some of the aspects you described…and much more. But there could be a year delay as I recuperate, remotivate and build up a balanced plan moving forward. Additionally, I’m gonna step back and focus this upcoming season on the last few lines without the pressures of putting out episodes.

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Originally Posted by Alkasquawlik

Well there is going to be an announcement related to this series soon. In a delayed but upcoming episode. Alongside that, I’ll let ya know that some sort of series will be coming in the future that will incorporate some of the aspects you described…and much more. But there could be a year delay as I recuperate, remotivate and build up a balanced plan moving forward. Additionally, I’m gonna step back and focus this upcoming season on the last few lines without the pressures of putting out episodes.

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You deserve the break. Thanks to you and Bjarne for all of it.

Us weirdos love to watch. Looking forward to the future Cody. You’re one of the good ones.

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Originally Posted by Alkasquawlik

I go on recommended line for MTN binding. It’s pretty rare I don’t fiddle with mount point but it’s a great position for this ski.

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Thanks, Cody! Appreciate it!

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Originally Posted by CnRzG

You deserve the break. Thanks to you and Bjarne for all of it.

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This. You've provided hours of inspiration, joy, wisdom, knowledge, and entertainment for all of us. Thanks for your humility throughout everything. Can't wait to see what's next!

I think what this project has evolved into is that you can also just go do cool stuff and tell good stories and at this point no one really cares if you finish the whole list. With all due respect- I’m saying this as a compliment.


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Here, Hold My Kid was hilarious and Jackie and Elyse rip. Indy's straight-at-camera look after Cody's dad joke on the train had me crying. If they remake The Office in 20 years he'd be a lock for Jim.

Just rewatched the episode after watching another couple videos of this springs Polar Star escapades.

Totally understand the Vivian fanboying, some ridiculous problem solving along the way.

Although the last line did seem highly questionable-getting out safe didn’t seem to justify the risk, hindsight 20/20(IMO couch surfing armchair quarterback)

Looks like ya crushed it on weather-one gnarly wind event for all that gnarly terrain worth the price paid.

Remember my 22nd bday, just after my first full ski bum season. I didn’t have the privilege of dropping 10s of 1000s of $ skiing with a couple other guides and my ski hero’s in the arctic…fawk.

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Originally Posted by Alkasquawlik

……but the trip was on the six figure range in total…./.No matter what, even flying the most cheap commercial is going to minimum set ya back $5k-$10k round trip per person minus baggage fees (which are steep!) it’s not a cheap place to go and we paid handsomely for the hired help while in Baffin.

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Interesting checking out another perspective of the trip to the area

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=agZI8f104dY



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Run with the big dawgs oar stay on the porch.

What time is it?

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Originally Posted by Maximus Farcisimus

Interesting checking out another perspective of the trip to the area

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=agZI8f104dY

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That was pretty cool, thanks for posting the link.

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Originally Posted by yeahman

That was pretty cool, thanks for posting the link.

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That was really, really good. Lucky dude.

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Is there a last episode? Can't remember. Thx

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Originally Posted by byates1

Is there a last episode? Can't remember. Thx

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Yup

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Originally Posted by Alkasquawlik

Well there is going to be an announcement related to this series soon. In a delayed but upcoming episode.

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Quite the delay. Maybe they've been waiting for it to snow.

Trailer for The New Radical with Cody as a producer. https://youtu.be/ncB0M36ZdkI?si=ns1JbavVr2BR7y49

With Connor Ryan of Fifty episode 15 and Spirit of the Peaks https://youtu.be/DSwmJMH04Ww?si=dXzR_1rTKwM6Ad1C

Any forward progress?

Saw an SKI mag editorial yesterday saying alka should call it good and not chase the remaining peaks down…just too much risk

I can see that sort of idea, but I’ve felt like this hasn’t been a “summit fever” style journey, despite the list-ticking essential nature of it

Thoughts on chasing risks with diminishing returns?
We’d certainly like to cheer alka as one of the old mountaineers one day…

https://www.skimag.com/athletes/cody...uit-the-fifty/

Have a kid everything changes. Fuck, I never had a kid and I'm a huge pussy re skiing high consequence shit.

We look back at the crazy sketchy shit we skied, often solo 10 miles out w no cell/sat at 0deg. Idiotic.

Drinking coffee skiing groomers in the sun today.

Props to all the mad dogs still crushing it.

I'm not sure about the diminishing returns part?

That's a bit of an ironic article to me where the author seems to be chasing relevance and clicks while theorizing that Cody is doing the same?

I don't know Alka personally and I don't track his every move on the socials, but it seems to be that he is being honest with himself and his family regarding decision making.

It got discussed after the Tof Henry accident. We should encourage compassion and understanding, not throw stones at those those make choices we wouldn't.

I want to watch vlogs of Cody touring for hero pow/corn on lower consequence peaks in weird and off the map places in North America like central Idaho, random ranges in Montana, the Yukon, the Aleutians, Haida Gwaii, Nevada, Arizona, weird sub ranges in BC, etc. every 3-4 episodes should feature bushwhacks in slide alder.

I could care less if Cody skis the remaining 50.

The Fifty is one on of the few ski related content that I enjoy watching, and it’s basically the only thing my wife will watch that is ski related.

The Op-Ed is awfully armchair-quarterbacky. Seems like an effort to paint Cody as being a slave to the tick list when it seems pretty clear to me he's been very cognizant of that risk and hasn't painted himself into that corner at all. I think it's completely fair to say "I think it's irresponsible to die in the mountains because I have kids (or because I don't want to die in the mountains)." Or try to educate someone who doesn't understand the risks they're taking on (e.g. inexperienced PNW backcountry skier wants to send hard in a continental snowpack with a PWL). But is there really any question about whether the Tof Henrys and Codys of the world understand the risks of big ski mountaineering lines?

The couple who tried to climb all Fifty Classic Climbs didn't complete two or three of the crazier, most dangerous routes.

A few of the lines put in these "classic" books are for the sake of novelty. They're not really reasonable objectives IMO.

But he could just wait it out and try to cherry pick good conditions if they ever come, and bail if at all sketched. At least TRY every line, super cautiously, regardless of whether he completes them. I doubt he will be satisfied if he doesn't at least do that much.

Neither the risk of the lines, nor the explicit goal of skiing the fifty are what make Cody's project enjoyable to watch. Sure, some element of risk makes things more exciting. And sure, having 50 lines to ski provides a structure for the whole project. But the project's success doesn't really hinge on those elements. It's Cody (and Bjarne's) personalities, the storytelling, and the fact that they skiing cool lines (regardless of whether those lines are super gnarly or officially part of the 50) that make the series fun to watch.

Honestly, I rather see Cody go ski more interesting lines with interesting stories (and not limited to North America) than force his way through super risky or logistically impossible stuff.

I think it should be retitled The 46 and Cody should start a new project Pow Surfing the best golf courses in the West. But ultimately who cares what I think.

That why I don't care for these types of articles. The premise of risk assessment, communication, don't thinks for the right reason and such is super valid. But it can be done without leveraging Cody's name for clicks and with out opining of the answer because its not the authors fish to fry.

So speaking to a framework where you consult with your mentors, friends and family, make sure your mental health is totally on point, respect yourself and realize that you have a lot to come home for and generally how to navigate risk would actually be helpful.

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Originally Posted by TAFKALVS

I want to watch vlogs of Cody touring for hero pow/corn on lower consequence peaks in weird and off the map places in North America like central Idaho, random ranges in Montana, the Yukon, the Aleutians, Haida Gwaii, Nevada, Arizona, weird sub ranges in BC, etc. every 3-4 episodes should feature bushwhacks in slide alder.

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Yes! (although I do kinda want him to give the remaining ones a college try at some point in the next decade)

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Originally Posted by TAFKALVS

The Fifty is one on of the few ski related content that I enjoy watching, and it’s basically the only thing my wife will watch that is ski related.

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Same here on the wife thing. Hard eye-roll for any other ski content.

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Originally Posted by alpinevibes

Yes! (although I do kinda want him to give the remaining ones a college try at some point in the next decade)



Same here on the wife thing. Hard eye-roll for any other ski content.

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Yes - as a fan and follower I’d love to see an episode where they go look at Robson. Doesn’t matter if they summit and ski it or just walk around it, have some laughs, teach us some things, and go home. I’ll never be there with skis or the skills so it would be cool to see these guys get up there. My satisfaction with this series has nothing to do with a tick list.

This is also the only ski content my wife will watch. “Want to watch a “Cody” over dinner?” she’ll say.

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Originally Posted by TAFKALVS

I want to watch vlogs of Cody touring for hero pow/corn on lower consequence peaks in weird and off the map places in North America like central Idaho, random ranges in Montana, the Yukon, the Aleutians, Haida Gwaii, Nevada, Arizona, weird sub ranges in BC, etc. every 3-4 episodes should feature bushwhacks in slide alder.

I could care less if Cody skis the remaining 50.

The Fifty is one on of the few ski related content that I enjoy watching, and it’s basically the only thing my wife will watch that is ski related.

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For sure. Also the overnight stuff - what it's like, how they set up camp, deal with everything etc. is cool to me. Basically just go on cool adventures and take me along, I guess.

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Originally Posted by Foggy_Goggles

That why I don't care for these types of articles. The premise of risk assessment, communication, don't thinks for the right reason and such is super valid. But it can be done without leveraging Cody's name for clicks and with out opining of the answer because its not the authors fish to fry.

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Agree 100% with this; article struck me as generally unfair and also trying to ride Cody's name for traffic.

The dumbest part of the article was calling Cody out for "singing his own praises" about the Currie rescue. CT and Bjarne made the right decisions, possibly saved the guy's life, and gave a pretty factual account of what happened. The op-ed writer lost a lot of cred in my mind by playing that bullshit card. Made the writer seem jealous and petty.

From the gram (in case Alka is off adventuring and not surfing TGR)

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Don't die
Have fun
Ski the fifty

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That could be a nice T-shirt.

My money is on "the world’s most legendary freeskier".

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Originally Posted by MakersTeleMark

My money is on "the world’s most legendary freeskier".

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What is with the headlines in the last 24 hours. Sheesh. Just clickbait central.

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Originally Posted by Alkasquawlik

What is with the headlines in the last 24 hours. Sheesh. Just clickbait central.

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Can we get into a pissing match here so I can write an article about it? There must be some money in this game so I might as well start now.

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Originally Posted by MakersTeleMark

My money is on "the world’s most legendary freeskier".

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[ For the non-IG peeps: https://www.gq.com/story/cody-townsend-profile ]

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Originally Posted by yeahman

The couple who tried to climb all Fifty Classic Climbs didn't complete two or three of the crazier, most dangerous routes.

A few of the lines put in these "classic" books are for the sake of novelty. They're not really reasonable objectives IMO.

But he could just wait it out and try to cherry pick good conditions if they ever come, and bail if at all sketched. At least TRY every line, super cautiously, regardless of whether he completes them. I doubt he will be satisfied if he doesn't at least do that much.

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is that mark and janelle(?) smiley

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Originally Posted by Thesystemsplit

is that mark and janelle(?) smiley

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Yes. They are in Episode 12 of The Fifty, Middle Teton.

I am another that would tune in for “The Further Adventures of Bjarne and Cody”. Each season should feature them touring a different region in various camper vans and meeting up with local pros to ski. Start with New Zealand.

^ they just need constant hot ass and tits throughout the videos to make it solvent