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  1. 06-27-2011, 02:06 AM #1
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    Gilles Sierro skied the Dent Blanche, SW face

    very nice job, chapeau to a golden mag:

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  2. 06-27-2011, 02:37 AM #2
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    Wow, that's 'not bad'...
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  3. 06-27-2011, 08:27 AM #3
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    dynafit. doesn't count.
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  4. 06-27-2011, 08:58 AM #4
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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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  5. 06-27-2011, 12:42 PM #5
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    wow, sickest high traverse I have ever seen!
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  6. 06-27-2011, 01:57 PM #6
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    Um, wow! Excellent work! That is very impressive.
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  7. 06-28-2011, 03:45 AM #7
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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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  8. 06-28-2011, 09:41 PM #8
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    Looks real easy. Especially the skiing over rocks traverse and the pole belayed traverse onto the steep spine.



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  9. 06-29-2011, 02:07 AM #9
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    Quote Originally Posted by covert View Post
    dynafit. doesn't count.
    i cracked up.

    i kept thinking he would take one of those nice looking shots below, but then he'd show the view of where he was and my ass would tighten.
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  10. 06-29-2011, 04:20 AM #10
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    interesting interview with gilles on biglines:
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  11. 06-29-2011, 04:45 AM #11
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    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...

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  12. 06-29-2011, 04:49 AM #12
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    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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  13. 06-29-2011, 05:02 AM #13
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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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  14. 06-29-2011, 05:14 AM #14
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    pfft. Thats like skiing back down in the skin track.

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  15. 06-29-2011, 06:29 AM #15
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    do you plan to do it Jay?



    Quote Originally Posted by Ripzalot View Post
    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...

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  16. 06-30-2011, 12:16 AM #16
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    Quote Originally Posted by paz View Post
    do you plan to do it Jay?
    not this lifetime. i'd be lucky to survive the skinning.
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  17. 06-30-2011, 06:15 AM #17
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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.

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  18. 06-30-2011, 01:01 PM #18
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  19. 06-30-2011, 04:11 PM #19
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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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  20. 06-30-2011, 05:48 PM #20
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    I sure wouldn't loan Gilles my skis.
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  21. 06-30-2011, 06:04 PM #21
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    thats why he used them old skinny skis
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  22. 06-30-2011, 07:42 PM #22
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    Quote Originally Posted by icelanticskier View Post
    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.
    I couldn't have said it better. Solo gnar rules. Well played sir.
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