Review of the Red Bull ski film K2: The Impossible Descent featuring Andrzej Bargiel, the first person to ski from the 8611m summit of K2.
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After a full season of skimo race training, the Women’s La Sportiva Sytron proves itself as a versatile, mobile uphill machine that skis well. Full review.
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In the latest Ski Touring News Roundup, Lou reflects on Jake Burton’s snow sports legacy, dreams of Skimo races, contemplates skiing health benefits, more.
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Sports such as ski alpinism and climbing help us rise above mundane materialism. They themselves are still material, yet they help us rise to other levels of ourselves and the worlds we inhabit.
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Ski descent of Mount Sneffels, Colorado, using Wright Cabin in Yankee Boy Basin, early 1980s Colorado ski mountaineering history.
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For alpinists, life is too fun to spend it sleeping, here are a few tips for doing early ‘alpine’ starts if you’re mountain climbing or ski touring in the backcountry.