Tag: Adam Fabrikant
THR Episode 13: The Cat in the Bag Episode with Fabrikant and Haas
Adam Fabrikant and Billy Haas bring some closure to their fall trip to the Chilean Andes. Consider this 13th episode their Chile debrief. We learn how a seasoned team pivots objectives and envisions what Fabrikant calls the 5×5: ascents and ski descents of five different 5,000m peaks. As South America builds into what we hope is a robust winter, let Fabrikant and Haas plant an adventure seed.
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More Details from the Cassin to NWB to Wonder Adventure
Some more details (and photos) about the fine adventure had by Hennessey, Gardner, and Fabrikant highlighted in Episode 10 of the THR Podcast: Up the Cassin, ski the NWB, and a walk to Wonder.
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THR Episode 10: The Emergence Episode with Hennessey, Gardner, and Fabrikant
Time to dream big: Sam Hennessey, Michael Gardner, and Adam Fabrikant discuss climbing the Cassin Ridge and a first ski descent down Denali’s Northwest Buttress, followed by a walk out to Wonder Lake. An impressive 64-hour push in the Alaska Range.
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THR Podcast Episode 5: Golden Ages Collide—Fabrikant, Haas, and Lou Dawson
This episode of The High Route Podcast is brought to you by our good intentions to fill you with joy. Episode 5 brings together Adam Fabrikant, Billy Haas, and Lou Dawson to discuss the golden age of ski mountaineering and the darker side of powder fever.
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THR Podcast EP 3: Alpinism and Ski Mountaineering with Cordes and Fabrikant
In episode 3 of The High Route Podcast, we bring together two high level practitioners of their respective crafts. Kelly Cordes and Adam Fabrikant.
If you are unfamiliar with Cordes and his work, you are about to familiarize yourself with a gem. He’s a notable alpinist, mixologist, and even a better writer—which is saying something. If you haven’t read his classic book The Tower, please do. It’s such a good and in-depth read. Although a fine, very competent skier, Cordes comes to mountain travel as an alpinist first and skier second.
Fabrikant is the opposite—he comes to the conversation more as a sharp end ski mountaineer seeking first descents than an alpinist.
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THR Gear Shed Podcast EP 3: The “No Excess” Ski Expedition Packing Mantra with Billy and Adam
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.
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THR Gear Shed Podcast EP 1: The Skinny on Ski Mountaineering Ropes
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.
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