Thread: Andreas Fransson goes steep in Patagonia.

Nice blog and thoughtful write up here...
Enjoyed reading all about it from the comfort and safety of my arm chair.

"I don’t know if I should feel pride, joy or shame."
http://andreasfransson.blogspot.co.uk/

Phew!

Safety of armchair very appealing when seeing the photos. The man must have significant powers of concentration.

I always enjoy his musings and comments. He is a thinker - as well as a doer - and never afraid to expose himself in his writing (and evidently not in his skiing).

Please stay alive, Andreas!

Incredible account & eloquent and heartfelt musings on this strange thing we do. Thanks for posting this ScottishSkier.

Great write up and a ballsy undertaking!

Also, a great quote from his post on the Manaslu tragedy:

"At the bottom we shock hands and said we should do it again sometime.

We never did. Winters pass by quickly in a skier’s world and he was busy guiding and I was busy doing my thing. Every time we met in town, we talked about lines and dreamt away on what we could ski together."

such truth! sobering words for us laymen as we await a new season.

the pow days, the stoke, the TR's, the joy, the discovery: seek it, enjoy it, cherish it.

"What happened was simply something that occurred and something I had to do in my inner world of adventures."



^^^ nice.

Andreas is Andreas is Andreas.

Originally Posted by verbier61

Andreas is Andreas is Andreas.

To hell with skiing down a rock fang of death, who can't to that.
Working a William Blake quote into a ski report takes real talent.
skål

nice words written about lecluse on his blog, too.

Great blog entry here - I mean, the skiing is ridiculous and all, but his writing is spot-on.

The entire film, 'Tempting Fear', is Andreas reading the written words from his blog/diary. It's very interesting stuff - I think so, anyway. The film is premiering at the Adventure Film Festival in Boulder, Colorado Oct 5.

Thanks Scottish skier for the share. I have enjoyed following Andreas exploits on here a few times and now I have his blog book marked.

I think I have a man crush.....

Essential viewing here : Someone is living the dream.
(Good to see the Salomon athlete is still rocking dynafit )

http://vimeo.com/55671986

Originally Posted by Scottish_Skier

I think I have a man crush.....

Essential viewing here : Someone is living the dream.
(Good to see the Salomon athlete is still rocking dynafit )

http://vimeo.com/55671986

Great stuff, can't wait for the next episode to see the ramp, the few seconds of POV made me feel naseous... guessing those are some test skis for Salomon getting into lighter weight touring/mountaineering (probably be called Quest something)?

Episode 2 came out ... and I think Frandsson's narrative prose is my favorite of all ski mountaineers. I simply love the way he breaks down an experience, which is directly incomprehensible to 99.999% of the other people on the planet, into universal feelings and philosophies.

http://vimeo.com/55676773

So freaking awesome.

Tempting Fear will be online in it's entirety starting tomorrow as the latest episode of Salomon Freeski TV.

so does that mean he's quitting the extreme dangerous stuff?

edit: or rather, what does he mean that he's reached the limit in this direction and will now expand in another direction?

Originally Posted by mikedski

Tempting Fear will be online in it's entirety starting tomorrow as the latest episode of Salomon Freeski TV.

Saw Tempting Fear and Few Words at the Whistler Film Festival. Tempting Fear has definitely stuck in my mind a lot more, you did a hell of a job there sir. Some of the POV footage was downright unsettling.

Xcellent stuff!!!

Morroi

Pretty amazing!

fkna awesome...scary and steep.....

Originally Posted by mikedski

Tempting Fear will be online in it's entirety starting tomorrow as the latest episode of Salomon Freeski TV.

Is there a link to this? I couldn't find it. How long is the video. This guy is amazing. His descent on the backside of Denali was epic!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixcFL8hOzGc

here ya go

Nice ticks by Andreas! He is good peeps.

A couple of those helmet cam shots made me feel sick. I swore aloud. That normally doesn't happen to me.