Alaskan Living 2

 

 

 

 

 

AlaskaSnowboardGuides, a helicopter service meeting at XNUMXam every morning

www.alaskasnowboardguides.com

Head guide DC with more than XNUMX years of helicopter ride and guide history in this area Alaska, Valdez, T Hompson Pass.I had them fly with me during the shooting, but the calm and humor is one of the best guides in the area. (Right side)

Dave Geis (left), the boss who opened ASG by slipping around with Dean Cummings, a long-established heli service boss called H2O for more than XNUMX years, is Dave's business partner Andy.

If you guide, you can't slide like a rider, but you can learn snow and slopes with your body. ..

But ... I'm still a rider.I think every year. ..

However, from this year, I also participate in guide meetings.

You can share information with the big seniors in the snowy mountain world, and you can get information on snow, mountains and weather in real time, so it is XNUMX times safer than vaguely heading to the mountains, and everything will be a learning experience.

You can face the mountain seriously.

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Being a professional rider does not mean that you can ride a helicopter for free.As a matter of course.

Plus, there is also the merit of entering the mountain with a snowmobile and choosing a line to slide.

I was very careful about shooting with a helicopter suddenly standing on a slope where I couldn't see a few meters away, and I was able to go there after getting down.

Riding a snowmobile itself is challenging, risky and thrilling.

Snowmobiles for new cars cost about XNUMX million yen, and of course you can buy used cars for hundreds of thousands of yen, but there are many breakdowns, and if you have a new model, you can't climb a slope with an old car. There is also.

I've been getting a lot of achievements in shooting, and I've gained trust from year to year, and I'm so grateful that the current situation where I can lend a mobile as a rider while considering the direction of the mobile guide.

On this day as well, with the ASG crew and the local crew of Valdez, we went to an area we had never been to before. ..


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As you can see in the picture above, the starting point is barely snowy.

There are few this year.From here, go through the woods, run along the river, and enter the mountains.

You can never do it without your friends.


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My machine Skidoo XP800 168

powder.
mini1501338719A crew that will guide you even if the trusted Valdez Locotelier comes.

I'm glad that you can tell me the important points, including me as a visitor.

Therefore, I will take my important spots to the visitors who came to Nagano and forgave me.That is Family du Mont (mountain family).A word learned from Gabe of Santa Cruz.

The flat areas are all glaciers.Full of crevasses.


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The photos were used in the recently released Freerun catalog issue, but Justin Befu of the Alaskan family (us) who took them.Justin is also a helicopter guide.

mini1501338740A snowshoe called VERTS is an essential item.The reliability of life-threatening hikes, climbing power, and lightness when sliding are all the best.The trucks below are from the heli-skiing group.We're not there, it's better, it's more interesting, we slide towards where we want to slip.

That's why it's not a big deal for professional riders, and you can skate on a really snowy, safe slope, so if you like snowboarding, I highly recommend a helicopter ride in Alaska!I want you to slide around this snow, this world, even once in your life!

If you want detailed information, please send a message through Facebook or Instagram.

I will introduce various things.

mini1501338751You shouldn't do it if you don't want to die, even if you think it's okay to climb all the way up. .. ..It's easy to make a mistake.Complex terrain, invisible destination due to slope. ..

If it's a helicopter service, there's always a guide, so it's okay if you ask.


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The highest peak in this area, Mt. Pontoon.
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This is the depths of the mountains, about XNUMXkm from the parking lot. ..
The earth as it is.


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Above the ridge.Both sides, cliffs.The sliding line is about XNUMXm ahead. ..The right side of the person standing in front is a huge cornice = in the air.In fact, in Alaska, there are more accidents due to cornice collapse than avalanche accidents.

There are still many lines that only we can slip on because no one has ever slipped and there is no place for helicopters to land.

Manage all the risks and make more slippery slips.Even just controlling the slough and getting off safely is a big impression.It's awesome to "do" the feeling that can only be done in the terrain. ..

In addition, I can be happy and sad about the riding of my friends who share fear and excitement, enjoy each other, enjoy nature, feel various things, and return safely to the parking lot.

I get moss, make a mistake in the line, and feel too regretful because I can't think of various things. Sometimes I forget to press the Rec button on my Gopro. ..

Eat, talk, sleep, and so on.

You can try cooking yourself, or you can buy it for about $ XNUMX because you are tired.Or, I'll try to find out what to do with Hannes and Bart from Switzerland, who became friends with helicopter customers. ..

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XNUMX pm view from the room.

Thanks to ASG, there is Wi-Fi, so you can post blogs, do Instagram, contact Japan, and get in touch normally. A life where you can feel the changes of the times with LIVE. ..

Basically I'm impressed, I'm grateful, I feel like I'm meditating all the time. ..