Ski Patrol
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Harlow wants to go fast
“Shut it” And “go home.” Two syllable words, two word sentences. If I disappointed you as a friend, I’m sorry, heartfelt sorry. If I didn’t care about our friendship my reply would be a two sentence comment with punctuation. But I do care about our friendship. So I’ve devoted this blog to you.But coming back […]
It’s been so long, a year and a half to be exact since the last time. Today we were in the ship’s prow glades and the Upper ladder.The steep north facing pockets skiers right of, as well as the upper ladder itself all slid on October facets upon approach or […]
Today we went looking for a Christmas tree with Sylvie, Laia, Louise and Melissa.
This is a short video I made about my Ski Patrol Exchange. Here is a link to the Chamonix Skiing Co Many times there is need for a helicopter, so… That’s what we do also. Oh many times I feel homesick for that little nook of the Alps.
In French the word “Pisteur Secouriste” is not justly translated into “Ski Patrol” The Pisteur is he or she who sets out a trail in mainly above tree-line terrain.Also demonstrated the proper application of the winch cable of a snowcat. EnjoyDirected and written by the maker of “quarenta”.
Ok, let’s get pumped for the season! Dispatch ski patrol exchange… La Flegere, Chamonix. Opening up in a series of three, plus the directors cut!!! Christmas came early with the five parallel episodes: Gliderman and Gliderwoman. Enjoy the next couple of days.Loosely scripted, no budget to speak of or stunt doubles […]
We had a little time before work got too crazy but also as the season progressed, European labor laws protect against the race to the bottom. We traveled to the south of France and shared some Travel, Paragliding and Friendship with our friends Martin and Coralie Johansen and their family. Enjoy some impressions of […]
By far, this has been my favorite project to date, ever! It pretty much embodies Mariposa Adventures. It is exactly what we do: “We travel through life and fly over UNESCO World Heritage places, to go see people and things. It is healthy to smile a lot and scare yourself […]
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Since December 8, 2015, it has been my privilege to be serving on the Flégère ski Patrol. Secour PGHM Lachenal from Mariposa Productions on Vimeo. Patient pick up by the PGHM Helicopter. at the bottom of piste Lachenal.The Eurocopter EC145, now known as the Airbus Helicopters H145, is a twin-engine […]
We visited Karl Welter from the Telluride Ski Patrol on Exchange in Tignes for the 2015/16 winter. Thank you Karlito for the warm welcome and showing us around. Karl lives in Tignes du Lac and is on exchange from Telluride, ColoradoTignes (French pronunciation: [tiɲ]) is a commune in the Tarentaise […]
After skiing some of the best powder of our lives on Thursday, we got another 50cm overnight on Saturday morning. Enough to warrant an early morning of control work. Today Céd et moi worked our magic with our handiwork and made some beautiful avalanches. I love life and the people […]
Today we pushed some snow, pente fab, passage de Trois, rognon de ptarmigan…
This weekend we have to take care of some administrative affairs which leads us to Geneva, well not a lot of smiling going on here. Downtown Geneva from Mariposa Productions on Vimeo.
Cedric, Tessia and Izzy from Mariposa Productions on Vimeo. The January 2-15th stormcycle kinda rocked us a little. It wasn’t really until after the storm Cedric and I tallied up the storm total. 12 feet 7 inches in 13 days. It is hard to get data, just like so many […]
…and then it snowed. Jan 2nd it arrived. As the holiday crowd checked out, Mother Nature checked in with storm #3 and stayed for 10 days and delivered 3m of snow, rain, sleet and more snow, and then snow and wind, lots of it. Arming collu de la Trappe from […]
Running a call in French isn’t as easy as you think, however today was the first time I handled the call all by myself. From initial guest contact to opening up my pharmacy and handing over a Band-Aid, all in French.
Exchange within an exchange and my first time skiing in winterpark