The FIFTY

[Woo-Dus]

Why is it, every time you get to the top.
You have to poop.

[Supermoon]

I'm going to keep citing this every time we get into a "but did it count" discussion: https://semi-rad.com/2017/05/but-did...ally-climb-it/

It’s only a descent if it occurs in the descent region of France, otherwise it’s just sparkling skiing.

[The Tortoise]

What if he wears a Descente jacket?

[Supermoon]

Aren’t they Japanese?

[~mikey b]

Why is it, every time you get to the top.
You have to poop.

I have to poop now

[Boissal]

He said it directly to me multiple times correctly and yet, I still can't fucking pronounce it. It's like a brain block for me. Such a great guy and total fucking legend.

Alright, I was going to harass you for the névé since it came up in the last couple episodes but it looks like it's already taken care of. There are enough words I can't pronounce in Engrish that I think I can let that one slide

[Full Trucker]

Why is it, every time you get to the top.
You have to poop.

This is the way.

[~mikey b]

poop dragon

[I've seen black diamonds!]

Hilarious and awesome music choice.

[mogul5480]

Hilarious and awesome music choice.

I mean that entirely unironically. It's like if Joe Satriani did the soundtrack to a Rocky training montage. I legit had that type of stuff on my skiing mixtape in the early nineties.

That line looked scary as hell from the bottom and ridiculously fun while you were on it.

[kootenayskier]

Great episode. Hanging out with the locals, waiting for conditions, no helicopters, and getting a classic line in perfect conditions.

[bodywhomper]

Awesome!

I remember reading about Doug Ward and that line in the late 90’s or 2000.

Did a group ski that same line the day before?

[SB]

I would like to see some late 70s heavy metal music covers worked into the mix. Possibly done on a hammer dulcimer or banjo.

Oar you could pull out all the stops and use bag pipes.

And pocket bacon!

[mntlion]

nice squiggles

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HtC3O6Z65F4

[Alkasquawlik]

Awesome!

I remember reading about Doug Ward and that line in the late 90’s or 2000.

Did a group ski that same line the day before?

Yeah a day or two before...not quite sure though as we drove back to the coast between when we shot with Doug and skied the line.

[bodywhomper]

Definitely helps for a faster ascent!

[hutash]

No no no, you have to start with your feet in the ocean, buck naked and walk to the summit from the ocean while avoiding even seeing a single person, a single human or animal track, plane flying overhead and without looking at the stars or sun for navigation to call it a solo, unaided ascent and descent. There are rules here people. If we don't have rules in the mountains then how are we to have fun!

"Let's all recreate in a counterclockwise direction." E. Abbey.

[plugboots]

I like how the old dude with the experience uses normal collapsible poles, and uses the straps on the safe uphill.

[~mikey b]

that’s how you do it

the silly pecker poles are, well, silly

[TG]

I could never give up the option of the cane position shown in the photo. resting the heel of my palm lightly on top of the downhill pole during mellow skin traverses or bearing down on top of both poles on steep sections of track. That extra grip option is essential, both for efficiency and variety/rest/relief. I couldn’t grip the pole the same way all day. I imagine some kind of wrist RSI after a few years of thousands upon thousands of repetitions.