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• Sierra Steeps In June — Keepin Sierra Steeps In June — Keepin’ Winter Alive Part 2

  • From: sethlightcap
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    Summer backcountry shred missions in the Sierra are all about finding unique adventures that make up for the lack of snow. It’s also a time when ephemeral access windows open up that allow unusual means of getting to your destination. The quest to catch good snow conditions on classic lines using summer time only transportation becomes the game. When you pull it off and score an amazing outside-of-the-box summer shred day it’s a potent memory that motivates you to make it happen every season. Next thing you know, your winter always lasts until at least July, which is bitchin`.
    
    This June I rolled the dice on a couple go-to backcountry tours that both involve such summer oddities. I dare say we won big both days as the tours were thrilling start to finish and the steeps we got to slash were in surprisingly good condition despite the meager Sierra winter. Check out a few pics of the two adventures below and you’ll see why I don’t put my boards away in May.

    Words and Photos by Seth Lightcap

    
    Brennan Lagasse and I hopped on the mountain bikes for this early June mission into the Tahoe backcountry. We pedalled up a still gated but mostly melted out road. Spinning up the mountain weaving in and out of snow patches under a cool canopy of trees made for a very pleasant approach.
    
    A twenty five minute hike from the end of the road brought us to the top of this old school Tahoe chuting gallery. Nothing too crazy, but steep enough to slash some fun turns and feel the pull of the fall line.
    
    The chutes were fairly smooth, very few suncups anyway, and the snow was super rippable, deep corn.
    
    Looking ahead to a long summer I’ll take as much of this view as I can get.
    
    Brennan, my wife Allison and I hopped on a boat taxi with a bunch of fishermen to start our latest snow adventure in the Sierra. We got a few odd looks from the Cabela’s crowd but we were united under a shared vision - no one wanted to walk the horrendously long two miles to the end of the lake.

    Exiting the pontoon boat we hiked up slabs past slowly reawakening high elevation lakes. Allison had forgotten her shoes so she flip-flopped most of the approach. When she finally took off the flops, she put on her crampons. Quite the summer changeover.
    
    Here’s a shot from May 2012 of the couloirs we were going to ride. Couple hours from the boat we were looking down them.
    
    Brennan dropped in the skier’s right couloir and deftly negotiated a little choke to get through the business section. The snow could have been softer, but it was edgeable enough for a clean descent.
    
    Not too much snow left in the Sierra but it’s holding in a few places where it counts.
    
    Allison and I rode the skier’s left couloir which thankfully held softer snow. This left line is a little wider but it’s just as steep and has a spicy double fall line to keep things interesting.
    
    The snow turned to rock a couple hundred feet below the apron of the couloirs. Busting a few downclimbing moves on the gorgeous granite as the spray of a waterfall tickled our faces felt rather super however. It was yet another summer shred moment that made such a mission all worth it.

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• Williams Peak Yurt Trip: Shred Williams Peak Yurt Trip: Shredding The Sawtooths In Style

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    Skinning in to the Williams Peak Yurt in Idaho's Sawtooth Range.

    In early April, I skinned and snowboarded some classic lines in Idaho’s Sawtooth Range with 10 shred friends.  We scored a last minute cancelation reservation at the Williams Peak Yurt, operated by Sawtooth Mountain Guides, planned a menu and pulled together a crew of riders including Wyatt Caldwell, Spencer Cordovano, Taylor Carlton, Cory Smith, Pat Lee and Jeremy Black. 
    
    The three-hour approach went smoothly with blue skies, sunshine and easy skinning.  Everyone took shifts pulling the 60-pound food sled up the 6 miles to the Yurt at 8,000 feet.  We spared no expense in our prep for the three-day trip fresh fruit and veggies, steaks, chicken and of course enough liquor to drown out the loudest late night lumberjacks.

    The Williams Peak Yurt set up.
    
    Our porter, George, arrived with the other 40 pounds of food, joined us for a couple Bloody Marys and told us about recent weather patterns.  One week earlier they had gotten rain up to 9,500 feet, but since then, it had stayed cold and had snowed about a foot.  George headed back out to civilization and we headed uphill for a quick tour in the Marshall Basin.  After digging a pit and getting some solid warm up turns, we headed to the yurt for an early dinner and a late night sauna.
    
    On day two, we got an early start as far as snowboarders are concerned, and were skinning by 8 a.m.  Our group naturally split into two squads, the fast moving and short tempered “Team X”(X-treme) and the mellower, frequent break taking “Team Y”(Yurt-team).
    
    An hour of skinning put us in Profile Basin where we found a single skier about a quarter of a mile ahead of us.   There was some frustration in the group that we had blown an opportunity, were missing freshies and were getting scooped by a solo skier. Where the hell did this guy come from anyway?
     
    We watched the skier begin the boot pack up the cooler coulior called “Redemption,” so we decided to go after the two other main chutes, “Jesus Christ” and “Whats Up Dock.”
    
    After a quick plan about camera placements we split up and started toward our respective targets.  Three groups climbing the couliors, three cameras off to separate angles, plus one camera on Taylor Carlton, who was jibbing a boulder the size of a house down by the lake.

    The three couloirs from left to right: Redemption, Jesus Christ, and What's Up Dock?

    Rock to fakie … no pun intended.
    
    By the time I was in filming position at the other side of the frozen lake, the unknown skier had already blazed to the top of Redemption and schralped back down to the lake in tight and symmetrical turns, farming the vert for as many mini-slashes as possible.  Our group at the bottom struck a conversation, “Nice turns, how was it up top?” A woman’s voice responded, “Thanks, it was nice. Good snow.” 
    
    Holy shit, Han Solo skier was a woman!  It turned out that she had skinned in from the road (6 miles) and was going for several couloirs that day. …The Redemption couloir was her warm-up and she was up and down it before we could even get a tri-pod out.   This woman was crushing it. 
    
    Our three groups of riders got up and down their respective couloirs with smiles and high-fives at the bottom.  Spencer Cordovano was clearly the most puckered in the group, “That was as close to God as I ever want to be,” he said.  It was a big day capped off with banquet beers and another sauna session.
    
    On day three we woke up to some howling winds and a few inches of fresh snow.  We stayed low and safe, skinning back over to the Marshall Basin to take a look up at KB’s couloir.  It was “a little breezy” at the top, so we decided to post up for a couple hours in hopes that the skies would clear. 
    
    Shredding What's Up Doc?
    
    It's a steep one!

    We found semicircle of small trees, used our snowboards and MTNApproach skis to form a wind break and built a small campfire.  A little lunch and two hours of hopeful stalling by the fire and we had to pull the plug.  Visibility was terrible and not showing signs of improvement, so we took one-lap down to the lake and then skinned back up to the yurt for grilled cheese and naptime.
    
    Getting warm.
    
    The Scrabble board came out after a badass steak dinner and we finished the day off with another sauna session.
    
    Scrabble.

    On day four we cleaned up and went home.  With one solid day of pow-filled couloirs in the sunshine, we all felt that the trip was a huge success. Wyatt Caldwell summed it up, “Man, all I need to be happy is a little slice of dirt and a sweet lil’ Yurt.”

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• Sawtooth Couliors Sawtooth Couliors

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    left to right = Redemption, Jesus Christ, Whats Up Dock
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• Ben in the Big Coulior Ben in the Big Coulior

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• The Big Coulior The Big Coulior

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• Switzerland, France And Italy Switzerland, France And Italy - TGR Gets Lifted In Europe

  • From: TetonGravityResearch
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    The following blog post comes from TGR's Head of Production Jon Klaczkiewicz.

    After three weeks of filming in -25 degree weather in Austria for Jeremy Jones’ Further, it was time for a little rest and relaxation. My wife Alyson flew over to Europe to meet me and we spent a week in Verbier and Chamonix and I can’t believe it took me so long to experience such an incredible place. Matt Herriger (whose new film “Winter’s Wind” premiers next Friday in Sun Valley) said to me “K, just wait till you ride up the Aiguille du Midi…put your spacesuit on, because your head’s gonna pop off.” He was right. What an amazing place and amazing trip. Highlights included getting a tour of and touring off of Verbier, with our friends Jack Shaw and Sue Magruder of Epic Europe. mmm…Fondue. Of course riding and taking in the sights of the Mont Blanc Massif from the Midi. Hooking up with the legendary Bill Dyer, Miles Smart, and Joe Vallone for a cloudy mid elevation day in Courmayeur, Italy. Topping it off with a coulior tour of the Le Brevent and Grand Montets from Glen and Kimberley Plake. Sincere thanks to all who made the trip so sick for us!

    The view from Verbier's summit.

    Looking off the back of Verbier.

    Heading out for a tour with Jack Shaw, Sue Magruder, and Alyson Klaczkiewicz.

    My shadow.

    The view of where we came from.

    Alyson Klackiewicz and Sue Magruder touring in Verbier.

    After Verbier, we dipped over to Chamonix. Here's Alyson Klackiewicz a top the Aiguille du Midi.

    The Aiguille du Midi.

    Valle Blanche.

    Miles Smart looks at the Italian side of Mont Blanc from Courmayeur.

    Having swine with our wine in Courmayeur.

    Ripping Courmayeur, Italy.

    Le Brevent.

    Looking down at Chamonix.

    Grand Montet.

    Glen Plake!

    Alyson skis the Rectaligne Coulior on Grand Montet.

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• GRAND_MONTET_2_Alyson_Rectalig GRAND_MONTET_2_Alyson_Rectaligne Coulior

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    GRAND_MONTET_2_Alyson_Rectaligne Coulior
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• Dead Dog Couloir Dead Dog Couloir

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    Dead Dog Coulior 07/12/2011

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• Paradise Found In Norway While Paradise Found In Norway While Filming Jeremy Jones' Further

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    “At the peak of a tremendous and victorious effort,  while the blood is pounding in your head, all suddenly becomes quiet with in you.  Everything seems clearer and whiter then ever before, as if great spotlights had been turned on.  At that moment you have the conviction that you contain all the power in the world,  that you are capable of everything,  that you have wings.  There is no more precious moment in life than this,  THE WHITE MOMENT,  and you will work very hard for years just to taste it again.”  Yuri Vlasov

    Svalbard, 80 Degrees North.  Day 14

    I have found a snowboarders paradise where the sun never sets and all aspects have good snow and inspiring terrain.  Steep faces stick out of flat glaciers making for easy access and clean outruns.

    The temps are cold enough to keep the sun from baking the snow but not too cold so staying warm is not an issue.  The elevation is low making  the air thick and the hiking easy.  Glaciers line the valleys but are filled in so crevasses are not an issue.  The snow is dry but coastal so the avalanche danger is minimal.

    There is a mix of open faces, tight couloirs and everything in between.  There is not another snowboarder in any direction for thousands of miles.  Until 8 months ago I did not know such a place on earth like this existed.  How many more places like this are there?

    It was hard  for me to walk away from the sure thing of snowboarding in Alaska  and head to an unknown place at the top of the world.  There were so many unanswered questions going into the trip that could not be answered from google earth, checking weather reports or talking to locals. What is the best time of year to go? How much does it snow?  Does the wind blow all the snow away?  Is the terrain worthy?

    The bigger the risk, the bigger the reward and up until a few days ago I had to question if the long travel and being away from my family for so long was worth it.  The terrain was awesome but the snow was less then ideal.  A few days of snow followed by a few days of sun changed everything.

    Just after midnight I blitzed down a pink face of perfect snow on terrain every bit as good as AK. Coasting to a stop at the bottom of the line my body was overcome  with a high I have only felt a few times in my 25 years of snowboarding.  I screamed, laughed, screamed some more, laughed some more, fell over onto my back, and screamed and laughed a lot more.  The feeling is hard to describe.  No amount of money can buy it or no amount of planning can achieve it.  It is a complex combination of precision, control and letting go all in one.  Only my snowboard has taken me to this other world, a world so precious and rare that I have only touched it a few times in my life.

    It is a high that I will never completely come down from.  A high I will bring home to my family.  A high I will tell my kids to strive for. It is a White Moment.

     

    

    **Literally every direction from camp had lines like these.  This is a southeast face and although it was in the sun for 8 hours a day it never got baked. The lookers left coulior was one of the first lines I hit in the area.**
    
    
    **I turned 40 degrees right to take this shot of Terje’. He has one of the most polished and clean acts in snowboarding I have ever seen.  No flaps, no getting lost on lines, no missed trannies. **
    
    
    
    **10pm and the North aspects are starting to light up for the evening session.**
    
    **Wheres waldo?  The camera men feeling small.**
    
    **Terje’ getting in a morning surf .**
    
    **Lines like this are a dime a dozen in Snowboarders Paradise.**
    
    **After losing so many friends in the mountains  the past few years it was nice to go to place that has all the love of the steeps with out the secondary hazards.**

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

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• Shredding the coulior Shredding the coulior

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• Deeper: Alaska, Glacier Camp D Deeper: Alaska, Glacier Camp Day 4

  • From: JeremyJones
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    GLACIER NATIONAL PARK, Alaska.  Day 4. Today we took a big step up the terrain progression ladder considering it is only our second day on snow.  We are surrounded by big terrain.  Finding step-in runs is an issue even though the snow pits show a stable snowpack and there has not been a single red flag.  It is still hard to put ourselves on big faces.  We avoid them at all costs and wallow in the safety of the spines even though it means waist deep tunnelling is in order.   We stepped into one of the mellowest bowl’s in our zone and stretched our legs on some wide open spines. Each time out we learn more and more of the terrain.  Next up is the “Wall of Walls.”  We will start with the mellowest lines on the corner of the wall and how far up the terrain ladder we move up will depend on how long the high pressure holds.  Today I was able to see the top ridges and think I found an access coulior to the top of the main ridge.  Depending on what we can access there is no limit to how far we can take our riding.

    I climbed mountains to know myself better and to find my own dimension, driven by the beauty of alpine nature, by its charm, and by the thirst for knowledge.” Walter Bonatti Italian climbing legend.

    

    

    **Half way up our first line of the trip and looking back at Ryland Bell.  This shows why we hike spines.  Two totally different aspects right next to each other.  The sunny side was heating up making the it dangerous so I stayed on the shady side.  Some days it is the other way around.**

    

    **This is the view of the same face from below.  Ryland Bell getting his AK legs back.**

    

    **It was awesome having Lucas around.  He is so full of energy and ready to jump anything.  I can see the influence of all the Baker legends before him.  He is doing the Mt Baker Hardcore’s proud with big natural drops and high speed lines.**

    

    **Josh Dirksen has one of the best turns in snowboarding.  Alaska is a great place for him to show it off.**

    **Our camp is at the top of the glacier to the center left.  We did not want to go home the way we came because it was steeper and more exposed then we thought.  Eventually we found a way up on the face to the right.**

    

    **The last rays of sun 11 hours into our day and three hours from home.**

     

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• Almost Live - Pemberton, BC: I Almost Live - Pemberton, BC: Ian McIntosh charges a pinner coulior - Episode 7

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    Ian McIntosh, Dana Flahr, and head to the Pemberton Ice Cap for a day filled with sledding, hiking, and shredding.  Ian has been scoping a line for a couple years now, and finally hits it with the TGR crew in tow.  THe couloir he drops is pinner to say the least....

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• looking down a coulior looking down a coulior

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• Cobra Cobra

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    Darcy Mcrae in Cobra Coulior Mount Temple, Lake Louise, AB, Canada
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• Antarctica fantasy lines Antarctica fantasy lines

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    Mind surfing mountains has always been a favorite past time for me.  Just seeing unique terrain inspires me and fills me with a lot of joy.  Antarctica is called the white continent.  They should add steep to it.  I have never seen nor ridden so much steep terrain in my life.  The mountains were so densely stacked with the wildest terrain I have ever seen that it made sleeping hard.  Most of my time on the boat was spent circling the upper deck with binoculars drooling over fantasy lines. Here is a few that had me spinning.

    

    **This was the first mountain we saw after 62 hours of open ocean.  I was trying to get the boat to stop so we could ride these spines.**

    

    **This is as close as I got to this bowl of spines.  My best guess on size has this thing weighing in close to 3000 feet in vertical drop.**

     

     

    **Chamonix breeds with Alaska and has a kid in Antarctica.  I took this pic from the top of a line that was about 1800 vertical feet and mid 50 degrees.  This mutant of a face was towering in the back of us making what we rode look like a pimple.**

     

     

    

    **Xavier and I rode the chute in the middle of the face.  The snow was great allowing us for a rare opportunity to ride a line with out axes.  This was the only slope we tested the the pitch of.  It was measured 52 degrees.**

     

    

    **This was taken from the bottom of the above face waiting for a pick up to go back to the boat that was 4 miles away.  The next day we rode a chute that ended right at the pointy rock.**

     

    

    **I took this photo at 11 at night.**

     

    **My dinner came to an abrupt end when we hit this channel and started passing the most radical faces I have ever seen.**

     

    **The coulior in the middle of the face may be the steepest coulior in the world? It is just across the channel from the spine wall above and probably has close to a 3000 vertical foot drop.**

     

    **The captain of this sail boat has over 700 descents in Antarctica.**

     

    **This may be the most impressive mountain scapes I have ever seen.  Mt Francois clocks in at 9600ft and may be one of the most sustained descents in the world.  Our expedition leader Doug Stoup and one of the guides on the trip, Andrew Mclean spent 3 weeks in the rain trying to ski and climb it and never saw the peak.**

     

    **This sits right across from Francois.  I am guessing it is bigger then Jackson(4139ft) in Vertical drop and 50 to 60 degrees.  I think it is the cleanest, tallest and steepest line I have ever seen.**

     

    

    **Token Penguin Shot.**

     

    Big thanks to Ice Axe Expeditions for the trip of a lifetime.  

     

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• Deeper Unplugged - Jeremy Jone Deeper Unplugged - Jeremy Jones Psycho Pinner Coulior - Episode 2

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    In the 2nd installment of Deeper unplugged, Jeremy and the crew head out on a night mission in the southern Sierras to hit 1500 foot, beautiful, straight shot couloirs.  Of course, that isn't enough for Jeremy when he decides to shred what everyone dubs the "Psycho Pinner".

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• Swift.Silent.Deep. webisode 2 Swift.Silent.Deep. webisode 2 - Dave Miller

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    The second sneak peek into the new documentary ski film Swift.Silent.Deep. Jackson Hole Air Force member and Alaska Heli-Ski Guide, Dave Miller, talks about watching his brother, Ron, jump into S&M Coulior on top of Jackson Hole Mountain Resort for the first time.

    Learn more about the film. Buy the DVD. Enter to win a trip to Jackson Hole Mountain Resort.

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• Jeremy Jones at the top of an Jeremy Jones at the top of an Antarctica coulior

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    This photo was taken in Antarctica while filiming for Deeper. Photo courtesy of playmakercommunication.com

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• Deeper in Antarctica: Jeremy J Deeper in Antarctica: Jeremy Jones and Xavier De Le Rue score some big lines

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    The boat is rolling through the Drake Passage.... We just left yesterday and all I can say about that trip is that this place is like something never seen before. We've had it amazingly good, we've had at least a little bit of sun everyday and most of all discovered this surprisingly powerful place.
    The variety of the terrain, the snow quality and the challenges we've been going for have made this trip really special. It's been once again a pleasure to have Jeremy as a partner as we really enjoyed sharing our skills in these intense moments.
    I won't say more for the moment but these pics will give you a rough idea of our trip.

    photos:playmakercommunication.com

    **Jeremy Jones skins towards a big Antarctica face.**

    **Jeremy at the base of Antarctica madness. There is so many cool options here.**

    **Jeremy on some serious Antarctica steeps.**

    **Xavier De Le Rue in Antarctica Paradise.**

     

    **Jeremy surveys a sweet line and is ready to drop in.**

    **This couloir is no stairway to heaven.**

    

    **Sea Lions in Antarctica.**

    **Antarctica Paradise**

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• Deeper in Antarctica: Xavier D Deeper in Antarctica: Xavier De Le Rue checks in en route to the untamed continent

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    November 8th, 2009

    Here we are again "Antarctica take 2"!!!!
    
    As you might remember we tried last year to reach and hopefully ride the wonderful untouched steeps of the Antarctica Peninsula... Unfortunately, we got on the boat in Ushuaia but stayed three days ashore for mechanical reasons until we got told that the boat could not be repaired....
    We are back, and not for the least!
    Jeremy Jones and myself along with the relentless film crew are ready for new up coming adventures! We are filming for Lives of the Artists 2, and the Jeremy Jones Deeper project.  We are about to board the clipper adventure for a 40 hours boat ride across the scary "Drake Passage", supposed to be the worst crossing on the planet.... After that we'll have 7 days of actual riding...
    We got split boards, all the hard gear we could ever need, we are fired up... All we can hope for are friendly weather and snow conditions. Let's see if mother Antarctica is willing to let us glide on the last continent...
    Fingers crossed!
    
    Follow our ship position live with the following link.
    http://vtrack.gmn-usa.com/cgi-bin/fleet_setup.pl?fleet=iaato&password=ushuaia

    Unselect all ship beside CPA on the upper right hand window and you’ll see where we are at.

    Photos: playmakercommunication.com

    

    **Arriving in ushuaia.... nice peaks arround, quite inspiring!**
    
    **More views of the mountains around Ushuaia.**

    **At the top of a really cool couloir overlooking ushuaia city and the beagle canal.**

    **The crew with our 600 kg of equipment. Major gear.**

    **Jeremy en route to the top of a sweet coulior.**

    **Jeremy and I at the top of the couloir in ushuaia. It is good to get the legs going, the gear all fixed and dialed up.We are fired up!**

    **Jeremy at the top of a steep coulior. Next stop Antarctica.**

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