ski mountaineering
Shadows and Secret Shredders: The Unique Photography of Guillaume Le Guillou
As North Americans we’re used to a certain aesthetic in mountain photography. Moreover, we’re used to certain conventions when it comes to action shots and the ways in which we interact with mountains. But the ways people move through mountains all over the world vary according to the conditions, scope, and traditions of those particular mountains.
La Grave Lessons: Spring Time = Go Time
Being the digital age, I’m more in touch with friends back home than I ever could have been only a number of years ago.
Chicks Who Rip Interview - Jasmin Dobson
I had to catch up with Jasmin after she told me that she never stopped skiing last summer yet she never left North America...
Speaker Series Event: Johnny "Foon" Chilton and "The Energy of the Mountains" at the Whistler Museum, November 16th
When: Wednesday, November 16th, 7pm-9pm, doors at 6:15pm
Where: Whistler Museum, 4333 Main Street
Who: 19+
Cost: $7 regular price; $5 for Museum members; purchase a Museum membership for $25
and we will include a ticket.
Mount Rainier in May: The Fuhrer Finger Trip Report
So when Max, Brian and I decided we wanted to go summit and ski Mount Rainier at the end of May, we had to consider the following: I had Thursday-Sunday off from work, Max had to catch a flight home to Argentina on Sunday morning, and Brian had a flight to Hawaii on Sunday as well.
Skiing Baffin Island Part III - Final Video & Resources
We've already told the story, but here's the final Operation Baffin Island webisode, along with some details and resources for trip planning.
Video...
Skiing Baffin Island Part II - Everyday Classics
It's the middle of the night, the howling wind is keeping us in a blurry state of wake-sleep-wake coma, when Marcus unzips my tent and lets out the opening line... "Promise you won't hate me for this, I couldn't sleep because..."
Baffin Island Ski Mission Part 1 - Arctic Shock & Awe
There I was happy as a clam in Hawaii, enjoying the 30 degree weather, kitesurfing and chilaxing, when it hit me that I wasn't ready to let winter go. Not even close. Reports of Whistler pow days were making me antsy and the solution hit me like a brick... join my friends on a 3 week ski trip to the frickin' Canadian arctic. That'll show me winter ain't over, right?
Pee Funnels and Charging with Kellie Okenek
When the Doglotion crew caught word that a wildcard entry was joining us for our ‘4-volcanoes-6’-days trip last summer, and that she was a GIRL, skepticism was brewing. Who was this chick? Who invited her anyway? And how could she keep up with us, we’re so rad after all?! When someone mentioned a pee-funnel, things got even dicier.
Good Times on Mt Rainier - Kautz Icefall via Fuhrers Finger
After the last few attempts on Rainier, which have been mostly successful in terms of skiing lines but unsuccessful in terms of summitting, an idea formed to try something in two days instead of the single push method. The idea came in a revelation on a previous trip to Rainier when I was hallucinating during a short break.
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