As always, great and inspiring episode! Though, I would hesitate to blindly follow animal tracks when there is an unfair bit of insecurity involved. I don´t trust them choosing a track or line of movement based on the same variables as we humans do. E.g. the weight of the particular animal vs. your own weight, and the load we put on whats underneath us, being ice, loose rocks you dont know of, cornices and so on. But I often follow your best tip: get up there!
Thanks Joran - valid points... I am definitely a little heavier than a mountain goat! I like to check out where they go, and certainly I don't take it for granted I can take the same tracks but find it can be a good guide. Hope you are getting some good snow. Thanks Xv
Amazing tips. Thank you so much, and you are right about animal track. Here in Iran we see a lot tracks by dogs, wolves and other mountaineering animals around passes and valleys and they put behind great safe spot. Specially in flats we mostly use their track for touring. About climbing, which rock climbing do you suggest to train more for a better general preparation overall? Thanks man, you're awesome
Hi Hossein, Oh nice in the flats, we don't have that so much here in the Alps, but I am going to look out for it now that you have said that. For climbing - any climbing really, indoor or outdoor, sports or long routes, it is all good because it will help you getting comfortable with your equipment, outdoor and long routes is probably the best as you get comfortable in exposure, your knots, changing over, etc etc but everything will help. Hope you have a great winter. Xv
Cool vid. That being said, every year there is something new to show-off in the cable-car.... Now it is tools: people carry axes, harness or ropes to do things that they would have done hands-free a few years ago.
Thanks for the comment, it is always nice to go as light as possible with as little gear, but I am always happy to have an extra margin of safety, and often it can be done hands-free but if something goes wrong then I am always grateful for that extra bit of gear. Xv
Like always, great episode! Just, "using the rope requires to be roped up with another person"... ...phew! Seeing the number of people using ropes wrong in ski/snowboard touring and mountaineering, this worries me a bit. (e.g. 2x3 people dead in the Ortler massif 2013 within a few hours, due to being roped to each other in a steep face without any anchors --- one person slips, three dead)
There are definitely risks involved with being roped up, and you want to make sure the people you are with know what they are doing, and always a good idea to learn the skills in an environment that does not have lethal consequences. Xv
Nice one! 🤙🏻 However, in Italian we say “ramponi” and not “cramponi”, just like a “traverse” is a “traverso” and not a “bordo” (edge). I couldn’t help but notice this little things... 😅
You kind of gloss over using a rope for protection. It's not that easy to rope up when accessing lines to ride, it usually means carrying a hell of a lot more stuff: rope, protection, harnesses, etc. Not to mention knowing how to do things like using a method of belay, rappelling, etc. Learning to rock climb is a great way to get started with this in the off season!
cantseejack I think the reason he kind of skipped over the rope thing is because that’s a pretty advanced technique and could easily take up a whole vid on itself. Who knows we won’t have a vid about rappelling into a line in the future? 😉
@@lborroni8090 Very fair point! I was just kind of surprised by the brevity of the point, since there is a ton to learn when it comes to rope and rigging.
Hi... next week... rappelling into a line. Yes true it was very brief and obviously really important - and as you say requires a lot more gear. I wanted to give a brief overview of some of the things that can help in this episode, but it would have been a good idea to put a little more detail about using a rope and what goes with it. Agree with going climbing in the summer (or winter) is a great way to get to know your gear and feel comfortable... when hanging around on a ridge. Thank you. Xv
@@lborroni8090 If you are rappelling into cliff lines to snowboard watching a youtube video is not going to be adequate to safely do that , mountaineering classes or courses by trained professionals in person including anyone you intend to do that with is the only way I would entrust anyone with my life hanging from a cliff. XV videos by Xavier are awesome pointers and reminders of what you should already know doing that kind of thing.
I love this series! Great work, Xavier !!
Keep it up!
Cheers
Big fan from Norway
Thank you. Xv
As always, great and inspiring episode!
Though, I would hesitate to blindly follow animal tracks when there is an unfair bit of insecurity involved. I don´t trust them choosing a track or line of movement based on the same variables as we humans do. E.g. the weight of the particular animal vs. your own weight, and the load we put on whats underneath us, being ice, loose rocks you dont know of, cornices and so on.
But I often follow your best tip: get up there!
Thanks Joran - valid points... I am definitely a little heavier than a mountain goat! I like to check out where they go, and certainly I don't take it for granted I can take the same tracks but find it can be a good guide.
Hope you are getting some good snow.
Thanks Xv
Amazing tips. Thank you so much, and you are right about animal track. Here in Iran we see a lot tracks by dogs, wolves and other mountaineering animals around passes and valleys and they put behind great safe spot. Specially in flats we mostly use their track for touring.
About climbing, which rock climbing do you suggest to train more for a better general preparation overall?
Thanks man, you're awesome
Hi Hossein, Oh nice in the flats, we don't have that so much here in the Alps, but I am going to look out for it now that you have said that.
For climbing - any climbing really, indoor or outdoor, sports or long routes, it is all good because it will help you getting comfortable with your equipment, outdoor and long routes is probably the best as you get comfortable in exposure, your knots, changing over, etc etc but everything will help. Hope you have a great winter. Xv
Cool vid. That being said, every year there is something new to show-off in the cable-car.... Now it is tools: people carry axes, harness or ropes to do things that they would have done hands-free a few years ago.
Thanks for the comment, it is always nice to go as light as possible with as little gear, but I am always happy to have an extra margin of safety, and often it can be done hands-free but if something goes wrong then I am always grateful for that extra bit of gear. Xv
Merci infiniment pour les conseils sa peut sauver
Merci Beaucoup. Xv
I read 5 points of contact & was like "How is he gonna manage that? Using your head?!"
Like always, great episode!
Just, "using the rope requires to be roped up with another person"...
...phew!
Seeing the number of people using ropes wrong in ski/snowboard touring and mountaineering, this worries me a bit. (e.g. 2x3 people dead in the Ortler massif 2013 within a few hours, due to being roped to each other in a steep face without any anchors --- one person slips, three dead)
There are definitely risks involved with being roped up, and you want to make sure the people you are with know what they are doing, and always a good idea to learn the skills in an environment that does not have lethal consequences. Xv
Nice one! 🤙🏻
However, in Italian we say “ramponi” and not “cramponi”, just like a “traverse” is a “traverso” and not a “bordo” (edge).
I couldn’t help but notice this little things... 😅
Ah thanks Luca - we will get those changed. Xv
@@XVDLR yeah, no worries! I'm sure it's just a distraction on the translator's part.
I would share my freestyle steep & deep vertical mountain crawl technique like when I beat you & Flo up the Queen's Chair! ;)
Jesus Christ! You forgot to promote your God-Fearing club...where’s the website link and shameless self-promotion this time?!
You kind of gloss over using a rope for protection. It's not that easy to rope up when accessing lines to ride, it usually means carrying a hell of a lot more stuff: rope, protection, harnesses, etc. Not to mention knowing how to do things like using a method of belay, rappelling, etc. Learning to rock climb is a great way to get started with this in the off season!
cantseejack I think the reason he kind of skipped over the rope thing is because that’s a pretty advanced technique and could easily take up a whole vid on itself. Who knows we won’t have a vid about rappelling into a line in the future? 😉
@@lborroni8090 Very fair point! I was just kind of surprised by the brevity of the point, since there is a ton to learn when it comes to rope and rigging.
Hi... next week... rappelling into a line. Yes true it was very brief and obviously really important - and as you say requires a lot more gear. I wanted to give a brief overview of some of the things that can help in this episode, but it would have been a good idea to put a little more detail about using a rope and what goes with it. Agree with going climbing in the summer (or winter) is a great way to get to know your gear and feel comfortable... when hanging around on a ridge. Thank you. Xv
@@lborroni8090 If you are rappelling into cliff lines to snowboard watching a youtube video is not going to be adequate to safely do that , mountaineering classes or courses by trained professionals in person including anyone you intend to do that with is the only way I would entrust anyone with my life hanging from a cliff. XV videos by Xavier are awesome pointers and reminders of what you should already know doing that kind of thing.
@@stevros48 man, thanks for the concern but I do know what I’m doing! ;) Enjoy the snow!