Posts Tagged ‘Amateur’

Skiing down Mount Everest

Watch Yuichiro Mirua as he skis down Mount Everest. He was the first person to do so back in 1975, climbing up to 29 029 feet above sea level and then skiing down 6600 feet of vertical. His skiing is not the best and for some reason he uses a parachute behind him (I guess in case he falls down a cliff), but it’s still amazing to watch. He is one lucky guy with lots of guts to ski down the tallest mountain on Earth. This has to be the most amazing and extreme backcountry that there is on Earth.

Ski Jump Crash Landing

A guy does a 720 grab off a jump he built with some friends in the back country. He takes off, everything looks like it’s going well, but everything changes once he touches the ground. He lands and then flips over himself no less than 7 times while staying stiff as a wooden board.

Gotta hurt, next time tuck your head in!

SKIER JUMPING OVER ROAD

Some crazy Austrians get bored and decide to go up the Timmelsjoch Hochalpenstrasse which is on the border of Austria and Italy. They make a huge jump over the mountain road and then take turns jumping over the road. Sometimes they time is right so that the skier jumps over cars that are going up the road. These guys are nuts.

Skiing Big Jay and Jay Peak, Vermont

It just snowed 60 inches in the past couple days and these guys decided to hike up Big Jay. Big Jay is a mountain located near Jay Peak, Vermont. It is accessed by a 1 to 1.5 hour long hike from the peak. It is all backcountry glades out there and lots of pure, outouched, virgin powder.

Vail Skiing Cliff Drop Jump – Vail Back Bowls

This guy drops a beutiful 25 foot cliff in the woods drop in the Tea Cup Bowl in Vail, Colorado. Beutiful weather in the Rockies with lots of deep snow in the glades. Unfortunately not so beautiful a landing.