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La Grave Tragedy

 Poster: A snowHead
Poster: A snowHead
Most probably know this already, but one should watch the 2007 movie "Steep" for insight into this, if they haven't already. It's on Lovefilm I think, or NetFlix. It includes the Doug Combs story told by him and his wife. Quite moving I found it. It also tells of the first few extreme-steep explorers, mostly French, who felt "more than alive" when on the edge and/or pushing the limits of what had been skied before. The talk of living life to the full made me think of it, was all.

Some people live in gears 1 - 5 their whole life, and die at 80+, some people choose to find gears 6 - 10, and/or spend as much time as they can in 10, often with loss of life resulting. I nearly said "often with tragic endings" but as Doug Combs wife hints at in Steep, is it really a tragedy to have lived the life you would have always wanted to, experiencing the things you dreamed of, every day (they were Alaska fans after 1st visit, going repeatedly for many years, owing to unique powder/snow quality and terrain there, before moving to La Grave for the proximity to a similar "on the edge experience", just 5 minutes from the cheese shop and their house Very Happy ), and then to die (heroically too), doing the sport you love? To some yes, to others, me included, I'm not sure.

(And I think to find a wife who has the capacity to love skiing as much as that is freaking awesome too. Doug, you legend!)
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 Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time. ~Mark Twain

Some people are so afraid to die that they never begin to live. ~Henry Van Dyke

He who doesn't fear death dies only once. ~Giovanni Falcone

Expose yourself to your deepest fear; after that, fear has no power, and the fear of freedom shrinks and vanishes. You are free. ~Jim Morrison
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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?
.. and get ready to be considered for the Charles Darwin award.
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