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Most Insane Ski Line Ever
http://www.angelfire.com/ak2/intelligencerreport/ski.html ^
Posted on 12/11/2014 8:41:03 AM PST by navysealdad
The camera-wielding owners and athletes behind Crested Butte’s Matchstick Productions had been eyeing that line in Alaska’s Tordrillo Mountains for years. Last winter, snow conditions were perfect and the crew put the line on the to-do list. Cody Townsend stepped up and dropped into the ridiculously narrow chasm.
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To: navysealdad
Was that double rainbow guy?
To: navysealdad
I am not a skier, but that was AWESOME! Crazy, but AWESOME!
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posted on
12/11/2014 8:43:29 AM PST
by
defconw
(If not now, WHEN?)
To: navysealdad
Saw this on the news. I could hardly breathe watching it. That guy is crazy!
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posted on
12/11/2014 8:43:32 AM PST
by
originalbuckeye
(Moderation in temper is always a virtue; moderation in principle is always a vice. Paine)
To: navysealdad
That POV shot gave me the willies. Excellent line!
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posted on
12/11/2014 8:44:24 AM PST
by
bubbacluck
(America 180)
To: navysealdad
Ooooh, I want to do that!
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posted on
12/11/2014 8:44:30 AM PST
by
MeganC
(It took Democrats four hours to deport Elian Gonzalez)
To: navysealdad
no rescue chopper, for you! 😨
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posted on
12/11/2014 8:48:28 AM PST
by
skinkinthegrass
("Bathhouse" E'Bola/0'Boehmer/0'McConnell; all STINK and their best friends are flies. d8^)
To: DUMBGRUNT
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posted on
12/11/2014 8:49:25 AM PST
by
mountn man
(The Pleasure You Get From Life Is Equal To The Attitude You Put Into It)
To: navysealdad
You could see they had already skied it before. Cool but that wasn’t their first time down that run.
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posted on
12/11/2014 8:49:36 AM PST
by
US_MilitaryRules
(The last suit you wear has no pockets!)
To: navysealdad
Good thing it wasn’t as steep as it looked at first.
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posted on
12/11/2014 8:52:47 AM PST
by
Paladin2
To: navysealdad
To: US_MilitaryRules
Could have been tracks made by skis … could have been tracks made by snow rolling down the slope. Either way … dang, that dude’s crazy!!!
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posted on
12/11/2014 8:56:25 AM PST
by
al_c
(Obama's standing in the world has fallen so much that Kenya now claims he was born in America.)
To: Paladin2
It’s only rated as a Blue Square run. ;-)
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posted on
12/11/2014 9:01:05 AM PST
by
glorgau
To: navysealdad
HE MUST HAVE BEEN DOING AT LEAST 80+ mph!....................
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posted on
12/11/2014 9:02:43 AM PST
by
Red Badger
(If you compromise with evil, you just get more evil..........................)
To: navysealdad
Almost beyond belief...I think he is insane...amazing!
To: navysealdad
Wow! That definitely qualifies as extreme skiing.
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posted on
12/11/2014 9:55:28 AM PST
by
Crolis
("To have a right to do a thing is not at all the same as to be right in doing it." -GKC)
To: Red Badger
HE MUST HAVE BEEN DOING AT LEAST 80+ mph!.
You would think so but no, more likely the high 30's to mid 40's. There were sections in that chute where you could see him edging and trying to check his speed, especially towards the top where it was widest and he was able to make a couple small turns.
Typically your world cup downhillers max out at around 80 - 85 mph on the worlds' steepest courses....
In any event, that was pretty impressive, something I'd never have tried when I was young.
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posted on
12/11/2014 10:17:10 AM PST
by
Hot Tabasco
(“We do not have to invade the United States, we will destroy you from within.”)
To: Hot Tabasco
Being from Florida, skiing involves water............warm water...........and being nearly naked..................
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posted on
12/11/2014 10:22:27 AM PST
by
Red Badger
(If you compromise with evil, you just get more evil..........................)
To: Red Badger
Being from Florida, skiing involves water............warm water...........and being nearly naked.
I hear ya, I took my last ski vacation back in 2003. I finally got smart, I told myself why the hell should I leave Michigan in the winter time to go someplace else where it's winter........That's just dumb!
Sunshine, warm water and beaches, I envy you.
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posted on
12/11/2014 10:32:28 AM PST
by
Hot Tabasco
(“We do not have to invade the United States, we will destroy you from within.”)
To: Hot Tabasco
Our sand is white as snow......................and a whole lot warmer..............
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posted on
12/11/2014 10:34:35 AM PST
by
Red Badger
(If you compromise with evil, you just get more evil..........................)
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