 Poster: A snowHead
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| Arno wrote: |
| @jedster, to some extent on the way up (I’d think alpinists would often head for ridge lines rather than open snow slopes because the climbing is more interesting and there’s less objective danger). alpinists would at least rope up for the descents so id see that as less risky? |
Ridges are often slow going - pinnacles, abseils etc - so a lot of routes - at least partly - follow gulleys and faces. If you are moving slowly due to technical difficulty and exposed to rockfall, seracs, avalanches you have quite a lot of objective risk. Descents are also slower and by then warming increases danger of all those objective risks. Moving together on technical ground for speed is probably more likely to result in a fatal fall than a skier of Cody's ability on the terrain he is skiing.
Just my thinking, I'm not an expert. Just know that even at m very low level of alpine climbing I got myself into some hairy situations. High level alpinism looks pretty dangerous to me!
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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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@jedster, all good points. I think that aplinism on average is much more dangerous than backcountry skiing. Combining alpinism with steep skiing? Not sure!
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Looks like a new episode dropping tomorrow night and I suspect Cody saying why he can't complete the Fifty. But that second part is very much a guess only!
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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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| Dashed wrote: |
| Looks like a new episode dropping tomorrow night and I suspect Cody saying why he can't complete the Fifty. But that second part is very much a guess only! |
Full respect if he actually steps back and says the project was about the journey rather than a destination / goal-based endevour.
Which after all was one the main themes.
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Sad to see it end, one of the better YouTube series. If he doesn't want to do the last 4 it's completely understandable, from what I understand they are very difficult and dangerous. In fact I'd commend him for walking away and not chasing them. But I'd rather him just say that than the kind of vague message we got.
I'm sure most of us would just be happy for more Cody and bjarne backcountry ski videos. Regardless of if they happen to be lines in some book based on one guys subjective choices. But it seems like that's not on the cards (at least not with any regularity). Kind of strange as seems like a winning combo and you would think financially it's working out. But maybe they want to move onto different things.
But I'm massively nitpicking. It's been an amazing watch.
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@boarder2020, yes, I think the remaining lines have only been skied a few times ever, so trying to complete them in a particular timeframe doesn’t seem realistic or wise. Would be great if he managed to tick them off over the coming years but it’s been a really enjoyable project to follow regardless
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I guess he's just removed the pressure on himself to finish the last 4, and he'll probably do them sometime if/when in condition?, but maybe not film/feel compelled to film/document it?
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