You guys BIG lines the Himalayas offer the worlds biggest. Not to mention Sylvan Saudan owns a Heli service in Kashmir accessin some crazt terrain with 4000 vertical Meter runs!!!
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05-05-2010, 07:59 PM #1
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Why do you guys not go to the Himalayas?
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05-06-2010, 11:01 PM #2
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Your question is a very good one. I do not have an exact answer. Send us some photos. Love to see it. Is Sylvan with Craig's company or seperate?
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05-07-2010, 12:04 AM #3
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you wasted a whole post on that?
Something about the wrinkle in your forehead tells me there's a fit about to get thrown
And I never hear a single word you say when you tell me not to have my fun
It's the same old shit that I ain't gonna take off anyone.
and I never had a shortage of people tryin' to warn me about the dangers I pose to myself.
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05-08-2010, 10:07 AM #4
Hail, Skroob!
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access is a BITCH. once you actually get there, Sylvan is one of the only helis in the entire region. skiers would have to spend a few days getting used to the altitude. high season for the type of big lines TGR would want is mid march - mid april = prime AK season...
all that said i would love to see it one day.
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05-08-2010, 10:44 AM #5
going against the flow
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Sylvan isn't one of the only, he is the only. One heli, no backups, no contingency plan, that heli gets a mechanical issue you can bet it won't be fixed for at least a week. You would be much better off going to menali, established heli there year round, not just for a week or two a year, guides that know the area and all that. Really, if you want to film in Kashmir/India, you need to send a crew with touring bindings for at least a month between early mid feb and early mid march. B4apres is the first film company that I know of that did it properly, actually putting the time in to get good skiing, and they (their two filmers) were here all season with their talent showing up for a few weeks at a time.
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