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Yeah New Zealand is shit.

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I skied Palandoken last year. There was no snow though.

Jerome gets after the Eugster:


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Mounted some Dynafits with it today, too easy. Done a few pairs of Rossis but no Salomon as yet.

My shop is offering free mounts if you bring some beer and allow us to spam you & the jigarex is...

Just bumping this thread some more - I've been mounting a bunch of skis recently, have the torque on my driver set minimal and hand finish all the screws - I find Armadas to be really 'ponderous'...

That was a reading at our wedding. You made me tear up.

Stoketastic!

When I left after Easter I knew a lot of rad shit was going to go down this spring due to the epic amount of snow. With this and last week's 2nd descent of the Blanche it looks like my prediction was...

I've skied a much, much mellower line on the skier's left of that glacier, looking up at the line in question. It's everything it's being described as.

And I thought my last day in Cham was good!

So nice. Can't wait to get back.

w000t!! Epic effort, way to get after a stunning line!!!!

I wear a harness so my guide or the PGHM can winch me (or my carcass) out of a crevasse. The ice axe on my pack is for preservation of...

1) TRs need pics. I too have a blog, and do cool shit in the Alps, but do bother to put pics in TRs as well as linkage.

2) It's not the Eiger.

Kabookie tail rocker:

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Blizzard tail rocker is pretty minimal, ill post a pic in a couple of hours.

Nice. I did a similar line a couple of days earlier.

How do you know when a ski instructor walks into the room?

Don't worry, he'll tell you.


What's the difference between a real snake and a ski school snake?

Asshole's at the back of the real...

I've decided to skip a few days that were a bit pedestrian - you can check them out on the blog if you're keen but they weren't much to write home about.

This day however was the opposite.

Day...

Blizzard Samba is essentially the same as the Kabookie - my wife has a pair in 173cm mounted with Dynafits.

This is what we just got up to on a Euro trip:...

I was on the wrong side of the plane flying out from GVA last week. The view would have been spectacular :(

Super cool. :D

I think I saw you in a laundromat in Cham but wasn't sure and the whole 'change for a nickel' thing woulda been weird.

I just got back from 3 weeks in Europe on a 180cm Kabookie w/ Dynafits. Due to all the snowfall we didn't do as much steep or mountaineering stuff as I would have liked (not expecting much sympathy!...

Hmmm that's disappointing :(

It's also probably worth noting that Douchebag is a much stronger insult in the US than elsewhere in the world. Here in Australia it doesn't seem to have affected the brand, and like I said I've sold...

Model 1 or 2? I have the older Model 1 (white top) and it fared OK on my trip to Europe but I've seen a few of the new 2.0 with the sturdier top material after a long international trip and they are...

As per previous post they have toned down the branding.

My store has sold 20 of them and the feedback has been excellent.

Just an update - they are now bringing out models with 'Db' but not 'Douchebag' written on it.

Must have had some feedback ;)

Indeed. He's actually getting quite a following from the ski.com.au/TGR forum members, which he's stoked with as he says they all ski well.

Haha yeah I heard that's what you guys were doing.

We had a pretty risk averse group so we took an easier line - Fanfan wanted to drop Cosmiques but nobody was listening.

Day 16 – Col du Passon

After yesterday’s epic on the Rectiligne we were keen for more high alpine fun. The weather forecast was for clear skies but warming temps ahead of a weekend of average...

Day 15 – Couloir Rectiligne

Today was a special one.

In fact, I think this was probably the best skiing I’ve done in Cham in 4 trips over about 10 weeks in the area.

We left Grands Montets...

OK sorry for being so behind on the TRs - I'll start the rest of it now:

Days 13-14 – L’Aiguille du Midi / Grands Montets

After we returned from La Grave the weather was forecast to turn and...

Fuckin loved it.

Those guys have to have watched a shitload of Stump films to get it that good. Respect.

This was a pretty sweet day last week: http://aussieskier.com/trip-reports/chamonix-2013/tr-chamonix-2013-day-21-breche-puiseux/

Sorry for lazy blog link, I will update my TR later tonight.

Toured up to Breche Puiseux yesterday. Stunning.

Sorry I'm being lazy. Done the TRs, not the forum version, it's late and I need to go to bed, and won't be in front of a computer until at least sunday night.

So here you go:

Scary Aiguille...

Winning! :D :D

Any stoke is welcome stoke man! Well done, and all pics are TR worthy.

Here for another week.

Today was all time. TR in a few hours.

Thanks but I think we will leave it - snow was too good today in Cham - will ski here tomorrow then head to Verb in the evening.

I was the first down the Rectiligne today, then we skinned up to...

Thanks. Earliest train doesn't get there until 10:30 so think its in the too hard basket.

Plus Friday looks to be a nice day to ski instead of standing around.

I feel like a freaking gaper most of the time here.

Plus this year with my knee going south I'm skiing like a gaper on even the easier stuff :(

Also looking for a good option for a spring touring glove that's somewhat waterproof. Sick of getting drenched hands as soon as I pick up my skis or boot up something steep.

Has anyone been to the FWT finals in Verbier before?

I was planning to go there this weekend anyway but now they have announced the final on Friday so wondering if I should go a day earlier - got...

Thanks but I'm cooked. Just having an off day. Here for over 3 weeks so its no biggie. There will be powder tomorrow too!

I'm on standby in case the others ski down to Lavancher and ill drive...

I did a ski tour in Les Contamines a couple of years ago and the cat track out was pure water ice. We kept our skis on but a lot of the rando skiers on their noodles put crampons on to walk down.
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Yesterday was bottomless Aiguille filth but pretty intense up there so no action shots, guides were very strict about skiing one at a time and going to islands of safety without stopping etc.
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Anal rape is better than the full return fee of 50e but as LC mentioned its reasonable with a multi-pass, see if you can borrow one from a local.

Bit of a fail day for me today. Got to Lognan and...

Sweet. We had planned to head over but got put off by the lifts being closed. No complains about what we found up the Midi but that looks pretty awesome too!

Our guide mentioned the Cosmiques but nobody in our team was overly keen.

2 mums with 6 kids between them on an avvie 4 day will do that!

Biggest issue out there can be fog.