Comments on: Everest Skiing Movie – Encore Showing in Aspen

By: jonathan

jonathan — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 22:34:13 +0000

thanks for you’re response ~ very helpful. I’ll research further.
Best wishes. Jonathan

By: Mike Marolt

Mike Marolt — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 16:07:50 +0000

as for experience, Mustagh Atta is a peak you will find on almost all of the resumes of Europe’s greatest ski mountaineers but it is the perfect entry level peak for getting into skiing the Himalaya. It does have serious altitude and requires cravass rescue and travel tech, but has zero avy danger. It has a very serious ice fall you will need to negotiate, but it’s not something that will have you under huge cliffs; but you will want to rope up; alaskan type cravasses, huge. Very pretty.

Go for it.

By: Mike Marolt

Mike Marolt — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 15:56:52 +0000

Jonathan,

The peak was Mustagh Atta. It’s one of the best trips i have ever been on. It’s in the muslum Weager (sp) part of the world, and it’s friendly, and you will stay in Kashgar which is the coolest asian city i have ever been in. Food and culture that is just off the chart. That is the end of the silk highway, so it is user freindly, but unless you see it, hard to explain. Go to Kari Kobler’s site and i’d reccoment him for logistics. And the skiing is endless.Not extreme, but just super.

Glad you liked the film!

Thanks Mike

By: jonathan

jonathan — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 23:52:35 +0000

saw the movie at the Wheeler last night ~ blown away! excellent. Makes my alpine look like kindergarten.
Q: what was the mountain western China that you climbed & skied? Do you think it’s doable without your supporting infrastructure & experience?

By: Lou

Lou — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 15:23:08 +0000

He made a beautiful descent from south summit. Continuous all the way down, but didn’t get Everest from the summit.