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[hafilax]

That video cracks me up.

 

Just got back from skiing A-Basin and there were some kickass tele'ers there. They were ripping GS turns through knee high moguls on double blacks. I still never want to do it though. I've seen too many face-plants from by my friends who have been doing it for years. Maybe I just love my dynafits.

[pindude]

Too bad the video author showed some *barely* skilled tele skiers (one of 'em certainly had to be the author himself).

The author, "AT Anonymous" is Andrew McLean, a well known ski mountaineer, randonne racer and gear designer. While he loves to bash tele, I suspect that he could still rip it up if properly incentivized. A few offers have been made on Telemarktips, but he's never stepped up as far as I know.

Well known is right. I didn't realize it was "AT Apostle" himself, author of the Chuting Gallery, ex-Utah avy forecaster, and one of the biggest names in BC skiing. I should've known before now, as I first saw that vid many months ago (maybe a year or so?). Too funny. Used to speak with Andrew when he worked for BD. IF he's one of the tele'ers shown in the vid, I can see why he likes to bash it. Certainly he's a helluva good alpine skier, but I ain't taking back my "barely skilled" quote.

 

Hey Pindude,

 

When I was in Idaho it was Moscow ID in the mid 80s. All the tele folks were on the classic 3 pin bindings; they were all pretty good.

 

I remember a number of good trips to Freezeout Ridge and down to NE Oregon to ski near Aneroid Lake.

And they were likely much, much better than me. In the mid-80s I was still learning (oh, and I'm still learning now) and back then doing a lot of face-planting with a large, external-frame Jansport pack that threw me around on skinny skis during a few multi-day trips into the Wallowas, in addition to the bigger passes closer to home.

 

Here's a trailer of one of my fav ski vids. And, yes, that's Andrew McLean appearing at around 3:35 from a segment called "Master Piste Theatre" from the actual movie, where Andrew is the erudite, brandy-snifting, pipe-smoking, Alastair Cooke-like host, reciting "lines" from The Chuting Gallery.

 

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[Animal]

My heel lifter just broke, so I fixed it. Now I can once again free the heel, free the mind, and free the soul.

[E-rock]

AT Anonymous is not Andrew Mclean. He's just some guy who got smart.

 

[pindude]

E-rock, you're right. Andrew is actually AT Apostle, as I even mentioned: it shows how gullible I can be.