 Poster: A snowHead
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Extraordinarily moving and sad. 
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Very, very sad story.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Sad news indeed.
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Well written and very sad. 
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RIP Magnus Kastengren.
Andreas ( I've never met him and am highly unlikely to but it says a lot about the guy that everyone feels comfortable calling him by his first name) has lost a few friends to the mountains and the alpine life now. It's always hugely reassuring that the skier who is the gnarliest of them all, putting in astonishing and stunning feats of ski alpinism with such precision, commitment and knowledge, can write so clearly and movingly about his loss (even in his second language). There is no macho dudery, boasting or "me. me.me" going on. He is always very, very clear and quietly humble on the value of pursuing his way of life even in the face of the ultimate cost.
I guess the "awesome dude high five" approach has its place but what he does and how he does it, is in another dimension. In an age of PR corporate glitter and overpaid, tantrum throwing, pampered sports stars, he is a real inspiration. I also suspect there may be a few others like him out there doing similar things, whom we don't ever hear about and never will. I really am in proper awe of such humans.
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Both Manguns and Andreas have been friends of mine almost since they first set foot in the valley of Chamonix. I feel lucky an honored to have known them both as friends seen them mature of the the years.
Magnus with all his mad optimism and crazy antics, will be sourly missed, he was not only one of the fumiest people in a very daft sort of way but also one the cleverest people I will ever meet (he was ranked in the top 10 in Chess in Sweden at age 13!).
The "awesome dude high five" set do very much exist here and a good few of them will on a powder morning will be sharing the lift ride up, the powder ride down and more importantly the snow assessment and management duties in those first few turns. But while their noise and public persona are quite different to the more reserved of attitude they are still very much mountain friends.
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That was a tough thing to read (sitting here at my desk at work, blinking back tears). Even though the things these guys do carry high risk, it's always sad when someone dies doing them and makes me question the path I've set myself on. But then I take some comfort from the idea that dying doing what you love is better than dying doing what you hate and that is the way I would prefer to go.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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Idris,
Thanks for that background
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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A very moving and genuine account
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