 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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Isnt that steep side stepping?
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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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Other than the fact that they have planks on their feet that bears no resemblance to any activity/sport I participate in. 
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remind me not to buy any dynastar skis off ebay that were only used for 6 days very careful owner and are in as new condition. 
really cant see the point of that apart from pub time stories.. not to mention what may have happened if one of the 2 uphill guys had lost an edge..
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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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T Bar, they have skis on, they are skiing (to paraphrase someone on another ski forum)
I wonder, at which point do you acknowledge that the skis are hindrance, take them off, strap them to your pack and climb down?
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Zero-G, that wouldn't make a very good narcissists vid though brethren
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Yep. Pointless.
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sliding down rocks on ones back bottom aint skiing dont see the point either. 
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do you think he might have done better if he hadnt been holding his camera ?
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It's a headcam. You clearly see both of his hands.
Whilst it doesn't seem like skiing to me and admittedly at first I did think "that looks sh*t, whats the point?" it is just another way of getting around in the mountains, who am I to say it's stupid. Although going on the title I was expecting him to straight line it.
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Well if someone think he can ski down a slope in a straight line of a width half his ski length then he is welcome to try. Side stepping it is different matter.
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Looks like he needs to buy some blades - the skis seem too long 
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| e17phil wrote: |
| Looks like he needs to buy some blades - the skis seem too long |
Just what I was thinking!
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You know it makes sense.
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Perhaps the hint is in the title, it's ski mountaineering, so it's not only about skiing. While I probably wouldn't do what they're doing (I have neither the skills nor the balls) I can understand why they would want to 
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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Zero-G, wouldn't proper ski-mountaineers have rapelled in a more controlled fashion to the point where they could ski?
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Poster: A snowHead
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i'd class seb montaz as a proper ski mountaineer
i detect a bit of sarcasm in the title to the vid
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Arno, I stand corrected. Certainly looks it from his site.
What I can't see is why bother putting the video on the internet?
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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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give us something to talk about
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"the piste map said turn left at the top of the lift, you sure this is a blue boys?!"
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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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If thats what turns you on.. knock ya self out... looked fun to me! 
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| stoatsbrother wrote: |
| wouldn't proper ski-mountaineers have rapelled in a more controlled fashion to the point where they could ski? |
You'd think!
Looks wild though.
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Seb is a great guy - he has guided me in the past and had me on my knees at the end of the day trying to keep up with him. He rips on skis and snowboards....
I think he qualified as a high mountain guide aged 22!! but when you grow up in Les Arcs skiing everyday it does help...
Just very glad he hasn't guided me down that althugh my snowboard might have just fitted.
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Chamcham, you've summed it up perfectly. End of discussion 
Edited to add missing word.
Last edited by snowHeads are a friendly bunch. on Wed 16-03-11 12:56; edited 1 time in total
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OK, no risk no fun but don't understand why he didn't get the rope out to reduce the risk and damage to the skis.
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Maybe they had one of those "Ok, who brought the rope?" moments? But somehow I don't think so. I've been following Monsieur Montaz on Vimeo and Twitter for some time - he does some scary and exciting stuff. And you have to trust a UIAGM guide to know what he's doing!
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You know it makes sense.
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| DB wrote: |
| OK, no risk no fun but don't understand why he didn't get the rope out to reduce the risk and damage to the skis. |
Because he probably doesn't pay for his skis
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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Zero-G,
Always thought a guide should minimize the risk and maximise the fun - I don't see that happening here. He might be the best skier on the planet but if one of the group members slipped further up the couloir they could have all gone down together.
Maybe there's a fine line between being gnarly and f'ing stupid
http://vimeo.com/3510398
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Poster: A snowHead
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DB, I don't think those are clients, I think they are friends/fellow mountaineers - they appear in quite a few of his videos.
That said, even if they were clients, if they asked for that type of terrain and they had the skills to do it, then I don't see anything wrong with this picture.
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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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| Zero-G wrote: |
DB, I don't think those are clients, I think they are friends/fellow mountaineers - they appear in quite a few of his videos.
That said, even if they were clients, if they asked for that type of terrain and they had the skills to do it, then I don't see anything wrong with this picture. |
I'm no guide but always thought you should not put multiple members of a group in a high risk situation all at the same time if you can avoid it. Makes about as much sense to me as skiing down a steep avi prone slope all at the same time.
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DB, I only know a little bit about skiing and a little bit about mountaineering so am not in a position to debate this properly. Looking at the footage, the other two skiers are stationary above the skier wearing the helmet cam and not as close to him as they appear to be (when you look up, perspective is foreshortened), so perhaps they are being safe? I can't say with any kind of authority...
Whatever they are doing, I do enjoy watching it. All very thrilling!
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Zero-G,
Just at the end of the clip he appears to give the skiers above him an instruction with his ski pole for them to come down behind him. Sometimes guides go down to see what the risks are and if it is safe / possible to go further. There's a lot less risk him going back up than the others coming down irrespective of their level.
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| DB wrote: |
| There's a lot less risk him going back up than the others coming down |
That can be true of many mountaineering situations but is not the point. You don't participate in the sport if you want risk free. Yes, you want to either mitigate or decrease the risk but a single truth about mountaineering is that you risk death doing it.
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They aren't his clients, they are his mates and sponsored pro skiers!
If he was "working" and on that route he would of rapped of that rock spike.
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I risk death everytime I drive my car but that doesn't mean I should encourage it, however thrilling it looks.
I'm not a gnarly Ski Mountaineer although will be needing Ski Mountaineering equipment (crampons, harness, rope, ice axe etc) in early April when I do three (Großer Geiger, Großvenediger & Grossglockner) 3300m+ peaks in a five day period.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ski_mountaineering
I wouldn't even do what Seb did on rental skis.
What happened next did they rope up?
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DB, [quote]
I'm not a gnarly Ski Mountaineer although will be needing Ski Mountaineering equipment (crampons, harness, rope, ice axe etc) in early April when I do three (Großer Geiger, Großvenediger & Grossglockner) 3300m+ peaks in a five day period.
wow that´s pretty impressive, (and I always had you down as a snowblader in a pink fartbag )
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Yes that's right I'm hoping to be the first person to do it on Snowblades in a pink fartbag.
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