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06-27-2011, 02:06 AM #1
Gilles Sierro skied the Dent Blanche, SW face
very nice job, chapeau to a golden mag:
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06-27-2011, 02:37 AM #2
Wow, that's 'not bad'...
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06-27-2011, 08:27 AM #3
dynafit. doesn't count.
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06-27-2011, 08:58 AM #4Registered User
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The rest of the videos are great, too. Actually enjoyed the climbing footage more than the ski down..awesome knife edge
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06-27-2011, 12:42 PM #5Registered User
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wow, sickest high traverse I have ever seen!
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06-27-2011, 01:57 PM #6
Um, wow! Excellent work! That is very impressive.
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06-28-2011, 03:45 AM #7Registered User
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That was a lot of left. But the climbing on the ridge is one of the scariest things I've ever seen.
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06-28-2011, 09:41 PM #8
Looks real easy. Especially the skiing over rocks traverse and the pole belayed traverse onto the steep spine.
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06-29-2011, 02:07 AM #9powdork.com - new and improved, with 20% more dork.
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06-29-2011, 04:20 AM #10
interesting interview with gilles on biglines:
http://www.biglines.com/video/ski-an...-blanche-4357m
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06-29-2011, 04:45 AM #11
that's pretty sick.
v61, do you know if he ascended the same route?
looks like a long hike in/out, especially solo through all the crevasses...
google map link
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06-29-2011, 04:49 AM #12
gilles reported something in the biglines interview, and I guess the feet tracks in the video are from him, but maybe he can tell more...
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06-29-2011, 05:02 AM #13Registered User
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It is a long hike in and out yes... I went up quasi the same route as a recon effort for snow quality (availability...) on the descent..
The tracks you can see on the descent are mine.
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06-29-2011, 05:14 AM #14
pfft. Thats like skiing back down in the skin track.
Life is not lift served.
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06-29-2011, 06:29 AM #15College boy
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06-30-2011, 12:16 AM #16
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06-30-2011, 06:15 AM #17Banned
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OUTSTANDING!
now that was a real descent! no fucking raps and ropes. plenty of turns thrown in too. exposure? yup. solo? nothing quite like it.
good game. good fucking game.
rog
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06-30-2011, 01:01 PM #18
That
Was sphinter pinching.Johnny's only sin was dispair
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06-30-2011, 04:11 PM #19Registered User
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Verbeir61 you mo bettah long time - maybe you could take over the sports network!? : "and now we cut to Verbier61 for the latest diamond producing pucker pics and vids"
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06-30-2011, 05:48 PM #20
I sure wouldn't loan Gilles my skis.
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06-30-2011, 06:04 PM #21Registered User
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thats why he used them old skinny skis
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06-30-2011, 07:42 PM #22Banned
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