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What Does it Take the Ski 61,000 Vertical Feet in a Day?

This past March, skier Mike Foote decided he wanted to break the record for most human-powered vertical feet skied in a 24-hour period: 60,000 feet. We reported on the feat right after it happened at Montana’s Whitefish Resort, as Foote put himself deep into the paincave at beat the record by 1,170 feet.

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The North Face just released a short video highlighting Foote’s record-setting day. We at TGR are still impressed at his grit and determination, but are equally as impressed by the poor souls tasked with removing his socks after he was done. Let that settle in. Goes to show what the human spirit is made of.

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