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Archives for May, 2009

The Alps.”Extreme Camp”

Jeremy Jones

Standing at the bottom of the line a was feeling sick.  No amount of water could wet my pallet and I started to wonder if I might throw up or crap my pants.  Xavier was pointing up to a line that he wanted us to hike and climb and I was not feeling it.  It [...]

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Deeper. An Alps All Nighter

Jeremy Jones

Xavier has been showing me pictures of this one line for a few months and it was finally in form.  In order to hit it we would have to hike 6600 vertical feet before the sun heated up the face.  Our big hazard at this time of year is heating.  On clear nights the snow [...]

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Deeper- The Alps Project

Jeremy Jones

Europe has been a annual stop for me since fist coming here over fifteen years ago.  From the first time I laid eyes on these mountains until now I have been blown away at the size.  Stack Jackson Hole on top of Whistler or times Snowbird by three or four and you get the idea.
Contests, [...]

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Alaska-Deeper Dream Day

Jeremy Jones

4/24
Today was the pinnacle of a lifetime of snowboarding for me.  Hope was starting to slip away earlier in the day..  The wind has stripped almost all aspects of snow.  We finally make it to the one bowl we think is holding snow and the lines we want to hit are heavier then we thought [...]

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Alaska-Deeper, Mt McConkey

Jeremy Jones

I have never been one to name first descents but now that I am hiking and riding these unnamed and unclimbed peaks I have started to name the special ones.  Since Shane’s death I have been looking for one for him.  We moved camp to a new zone that is a series of 6 peaks [...]

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