The footage at 6.30 is of Vallencant accompanied by Jean Marc Boivin, Anselm Baud and Michel Poencet (I've skied a bit with Michel, a man of few words it must be said). There is an account by Vallencant of the ascent they show, the South-West Face of Huascaran South here:
At 6750 meters and a first descent in sketchy snow having been climbed on foot in a minimalist high speed expedition it is not really comparable with the skiing of a competition. Vallencant was also filming with a large 16 mm camera. When you think that Vallencant and Baud's Arête de Peuterey descent has only been repeated once, afaiks, on modern gear they certainly had top technique.
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Then you can post your own questions or snow reports...
Then you can post your own questions or snow reports...
meandrew wrote:
@davidof, just out of interest and you are probably the best person to ask how many of the competitors are still alive today from this program?.
Edging skills or hospital bills dude!
I'm wondering the same myself. I note Emily Gladstone Coombs shredding the gnar in the video. Jim Conway is still guiding. Kristen Ulmer is now a MILF and doing Zen Ski camps. Jimmy Zell was paralyzed in 1996 in a paragliding accident and died in 2010. Jon Hunt, the winter in '92 is guiding in Alaska. Scott Kennett, the "rock star" skier is still ripping it
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