Explore the gear we use for human powered backcountry travel involving turns on snow.
There’s a time when it’s good to be young and brash. And a time when it’s good to soften a stance. In episode 5 Jack Beighle, author of The Heavyweight Manifesto, is tempted by some lighter gear and seeks some THR guidance.
Gavin Hess, and go-to tester/reviewer, Slator Aplin, discuss the highly developed language they use to ponder backcountry gear.
The Southern Hemi’s Spring Equinox fell late last month. And by the time this podcast drops, the packing will be near complete for what Fabrikant and Haas expect to be a several-week expedition to ski a new line in the Andes. The two will haul heavy loads, likely over 60 pounds, for 4-5 days on the approach. And as they do, they’ll ascend some technical ground to access the line, and, if all things align, like the weather, health, and snowpack, plan to do what they do, which is to ski a first descent.
Les Houches and Salt Lake City based Blue Ice nails the products and happens to have a compelling backstory. Begun in 2008 by Giovanni Rossi in Chamonix, the company set forward on a path of intentional growth
The first episode of our Gear Shed podcast gets straight to the point. There’s no equivocating as Gavin Hess, Adam Fabrikant, and Billy Haas go deep discussing ski mountaineering ropes with some added side chatter about the rappel device of choice when using a skinny rope in the hills.
