What about starting with JK's own words and this thread? Don't you need skis to ski? https://www.14ers.com/forum/viewtopic.p ... 76#p600507Ulla wrote:I also sent Mr. Fielder a note ... He asked for facts to back this up, so I sent him the link to this thread. This is his reply: "I do not buy it. ... He is too good of a mountaineer."
"Above the hourglass I made some turns and side slipped down to right above the steepest part. There was a small choke of ice and snow that would have to be skied in a straight line with a quick right turn to the wider top of the hourglass. Without too much more thought I went for it. The rest of what transpired is something unlike anything I have ever personally experienced in my ski-mountaineering career. I’ve seen a lot of things on my years of expeditions and skiing, but I have never been the victim. My skis wouldn’t bite when I carved my right turn into the slope. I lost my balance and fell backwards. I spun around and plunged down the hill and into the couloir. I immediately accelerated. My mind screamed, “self- arrest, self arrest, stop, stop, stop!” But my friends around me watched and heard nothing but silence. My ice axe got ripped from my hands, my skis popped off and went flying. I accelerated some more. Somehow I first managed to get my head up and face my feet out like I was riding downstream floating in a river or down a slide in the park. I don’t know how but I steered myself away from the walls of the narrow choke point in the hourglass. Realizing I had no tools to stop me, I turned around and dug in with every other part of my body: mainly my knees, hands, elbows, and feet. A hundred and fifty yards later I came to an abrupt stop." -- Jon Kedrowski on "skiing" Little BearSnowAlien wrote:Little Bear is another good read.
http://14erskirecord.com/little-bear-peak-14037/