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Re: Conundrum Couloir

Posted: Thu Apr 08, 2021 8:02 am
by JacobW
SnowAlien wrote: Sun Apr 04, 2021 6:44 pm People, you are overanalyzing everything. You don't need to be a good or even competent skier to ski the 14ers. It's all in your head. Dirty little secret - if you know how to jumpturn, you don't need to know how to ski.
Conundrum Couloir is also only ~500', you could just penguin slide down it and probably keep your teeth at the bottom.

Re: Conundrum Couloir

Posted: Thu Apr 08, 2021 8:43 am
by spoony
This discussion sort of reminds of a conversation I head when the "first descent" of K2 was making the rounds a while back. I told my co-worker that I thought it was pretty mind blowing. He watched the video and was like, "Meh. He wasn't really skiing, just sidestepping down."

Also, I learned the jump turn by watching Blizzard of Ahhs (hip smears are sweet!). But then I watched the effortless move that is a jump turn by Vivian Bruchez and now I am totally unsure of my own form.

Re: Conundrum Couloir

Posted: Thu Apr 08, 2021 9:44 am
by lodgling
I recall being pretty gripped getting from the summit into the couloir. Not exactly “skiing,” but awkward no fall movement with skis on feet and strangely shaped snow and rock under ski.

Re: Conundrum Couloir

Posted: Thu Apr 08, 2021 10:42 am
by BillMiddlebrook
JacobW wrote: Thu Apr 08, 2021 8:02 am
SnowAlien wrote: Sun Apr 04, 2021 6:44 pm People, you are overanalyzing everything. You don't need to be a good or even competent skier to ski the 14ers. It's all in your head. Dirty little secret - if you know how to jumpturn, you don't need to know how to ski.
Conundrum Couloir is also only ~500', you could just penguin slide down it and probably keep your teeth at the bottom.
No

Re: Conundrum Couloir

Posted: Mon Apr 12, 2021 9:54 am
by letitbeirie
SnowAlien wrote: Wed Apr 07, 2021 6:16 pm
bergsteigen wrote: Wed Apr 07, 2021 5:06 pm
mbourget wrote: Wed Apr 07, 2021 3:31 pm
oh thank god
Well sheeeeiiiite, why am I even worrying about Landry and Capitol then?!?
Exactly. As long as you know how to snowplow, it's all good 😇
If you french fry when you should've pizza'd, you're gonna have a bad time.