Skiing

Skiing East Wall

Posted by jl2 on March 12, 2011
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Today I skinned up A-Basin from the parking lot to the upper section of East Wall, then skied down North Chute, back to the parking lot. To get a feel for backcountry skiing, I was wore a full pack, including my avalanche beacon, probe and shovel.

It was my first time skiing with a pack on, and in retrospect, it was probably a mistake to ski a 45° slope right off the bat. It went okay, though, and once I got to more mellow terrain everything went great. Tomorrow I’ll try without the pack.

This video isn’t the greatest, but it shows the view well enough:

And the GPS track of the skin up and ski down…

New Vimeo Account

Posted by jl2 on December 15, 2010
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A couple weeks ago I bought a new helmet cam to use while skiing and biking. I haven’t made anything interesting yet, but I created a Vimeo account, and uploaded a couple videos to try it out:

I’ve never done any video editing, but Rob suggested Kdenlive, and so far it’s working out pretty well, but it’s taking a little time to figure everything out. The two clips I’ve posted so far didn’t really take much editing skill…

In any case, I’m working on some tree skiing footage that should be a little more interesting to watch, but it’ll probably be a few days before I get it good enough to upload.