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Face SE of the Moine reskied
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Poster:
A snowHead
Poster:
A snowHead
37 years after JMB skied the "impossible" south east face of the Moine
http://youtube.com/v/MWGBLg9ndTc?feature=shared
it has been skied by Aurel Lardy, I don't know how may other people have skied this slope, not many
https://www.msn.com/fr-fr/actualite/france/l-exploit-historique-d-aurel-lardy-le-ski-pouss%C3%A9-%C3%A0-l-extr%C3%AAme/vi-BB1hR51x?cvid=0d39caad2a014386e9353249d847e0a7&ocid=winp2fptaskbar&ei=7&sc=shoreline
I would say Boivin is a lot more graceful, despite his bouffant hairdo, fartbag and 210 m straight skis with 65mm waists.
This is what Aurel said: "We had some serious conditions, with little or no thaw on this face, which has a vertical drop of around 500m and an average gradient of 50 degrees. Exposure was at its maximum on all sides of the mountain until we finally emerged onto what's left of the Moine glacier at around 2800m. It's very interesting to see how conditions, equipment and techniques have evolved. Jean-Marc Boivin's daring and strength command immense respect when you consider that, at the time, he made this descent equipped with 2m long straight skis".
Obviously
A snowHead
isn't a real person
Obviously
A snowHead
isn't a real person
Good spot.
Possibly the best videos ever posted on SH.
Skiing simply doesn't get any better or tougher than that.
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?
Is that skiing?
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Yes because he has skis on
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Clip of the original was in Steep, never saw the full clip before. Some line at the top in particular. Conditions on the modern descent look cat, almost melty snow.
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