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La Cojar |
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(The Necklace) A long hike up to shoot down these couloirs. The tiny dot in the shoot on the right is Jeff.
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Thirst |
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Three bottles of water was a start after the Cojar. |
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Dad-O |
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I hope this guy knows what he's doing. |
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Las Lenas. |
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The shoot on the left is known as Adrenalina for obvious reasons. We weren't far from the site of the "Alive" crash. |
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Big mountains. |
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Little people. |
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Wrong Way |
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Dan the guide turning around for a better angle on the couloir. |
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I'm glad our leader's so mature |
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Steve, Stan, Dad, Erik the rabbit, and Dan |
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El Porcupino |
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Stay away from this man. He's crazy. He'll ski anything! |
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Safe in the lodge. |
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Or is it the bar? Home none the less. |
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Woah Nelly! |
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Valparaiso on the Chilean coast. Site of the psychotic minibus ride with the driver who didn't think he could die... |
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OldSchool |
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Century old Hillside Elvators and we're on one. Remember: Safety third. |
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Nap Time |
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Stray dogs seem to outnumber the people here. |
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Port |
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Looking out on what was a great port until the canal came along. |
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Buckle up for the... |
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Three hour touuuur |
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Snow. |
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Again. But there's a lift this time! |
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I hope you're getting the point. |
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Core Shot. |
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Hard to believe he could do this in 40 ft of snow |
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Chilean Sunset |
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Or reflection there of. |
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Catching flies on the flight to Malargue. |
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These shots are a crime against humanity |
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The culpret |
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Erik's going to pay for taking these. |
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Everybody in the group slept through this one.
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Dan |
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Beware: Sushi and such til 7AM will do this to you. |
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Nice |
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This is differnt from the other snow - It's Argentinian. |
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Got it? |
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The other stuff was Chilean. |
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Tracks |
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Left side. 4 or 5 tight tracks right next to each other. That would be the group deflowering an untracked part of the mountain. |
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El Senador? |
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Notice: 1. I have on the avalanche pack. 2. Steep - Dad's only a few feet away for this shot, but his head's at my feet. 3. Spring skiing - as the snow melts, little balls roll down to refreeze at night as "death cookies" |
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"Santa Fe" |
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That would be the bar at the TOP of the hill. I hope he's skiing down on his belly. |
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Lookout! |
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Ski's patched. I took a digger right before that photo and scraped up my elbow pretty good. |
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Jeff, Jim, and Erik |
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The group split at the end of day 3. some went in, some climbed and skied 'til they found a road and hitchhiked. These three found a sick untouched peak barely off-piste and hit it again and again. |
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