Hard to pick, but twist my arm and I'd say the the first one has the best balance of action skiier and scary precipice. Nice stuff! I'm waaay too chicken to ski.
yikes!
great shots! My favorite is the last one. You don't know what's coming until you see how steep it is...now you can really appreciate what that guy is in for!
holy heel-less skis, batman! Telemarking down that! I've done a (little) bit of xc skiing before, but how much more difficult is a steep slope when you only have your toes locked onto your skis?
I think the 3rd one does it for me. You get enough of a height perspective w/o the "flatter" part nearer to the photographer in the last one. However, you don't pick up that he is telemarking quite as much...
But in any case, cool shots (and I don't get on the slopes any where near as often as I should)
Great job, Rutt!
You've managed to capture the steepness, which is not that easy.
Many of the "ski photos" end up with "so what" reaction
Yours rock!
Cheers!
One question: How is telemark better for this sort of slope? I've skiied my share of steep slopes out west, and couldn't imagine doing it without my heel bolted to the ski.
One question: How is telemark better for this sort of slope? I've skiied my share of steep slopes out west, and couldn't imagine doing it without my heel bolted to the ski.
Good question. Wish I knew the answer. I'm a big fan of having my heal bolted down. Maybe Andy can answer since he says he was telemarked in Tuckerman's.
I've wished for randonee bindings, which are alpine bindings that allow the heal to be released for walking and climbing. Use those with skins and it makes it a lot easier to climb. That's one reason for tele skis. But lots of tele skiers are great alpine skiers who got bored.
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Hard to pick, but twist my arm and I'd say the the first one has the best balance of action skiier and scary precipice. Nice stuff! I'm waaay too chicken to ski.
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great shots! My favorite is the last one. You don't know what's coming until you see how steep it is...now you can really appreciate what that guy is in for!
cool!
I think the 3rd one does it for me. You get enough of a height perspective w/o the "flatter" part nearer to the photographer in the last one. However, you don't pick up that he is telemarking quite as much...
But in any case, cool shots (and I don't get on the slopes any where near as often as I should)
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You don't know steep until you've skiied Apex!
Well, I'd like to try it! But really, there is more than enough challenge in Little Cottonwood Canyon for me: http://www.dgrin.com/showthread.php?t=28959
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You've managed to capture the steepness, which is not that easy.
Many of the "ski photos" end up with "so what" reaction
Yours rock!
Cheers!
One question: How is telemark better for this sort of slope? I've skiied my share of steep slopes out west, and couldn't imagine doing it without my heel bolted to the ski.
Good question. Wish I knew the answer. I'm a big fan of having my heal bolted down. Maybe Andy can answer since he says he was telemarked in Tuckerman's.
I've wished for randonee bindings, which are alpine bindings that allow the heal to be released for walking and climbing. Use those with skins and it makes it a lot easier to climb. That's one reason for tele skis. But lots of tele skiers are great alpine skiers who got bored.