alfrandell wrote: ↑Thu Sep 23, 2021 8:50 am
i have not seen this latest ski film,
and i will not rush to see it.
the same is true for so called climbing films.
these exploitive films are not celebrations of anything.
they are money making attempts by industry.
I was a high adventure athlete during my years,
so it is easy for me to see that these are sell outs from the industry.
People who think that money is much more important that the activity.
you want to watch spoiled children [who grew into overly empowered adults] misbehave when they are flown all around the world?
there is a growing list of titles for you!
You nailed it Alf.
Here's a quote from an article about that ski film by Paul Butler, one of the North Cascades Heli ski Corporation owners.
"Those guys go way deep into the micro terrains,” Butler said. “I don’t think anyone knows the valley around the Highway 20 hairpin turn better than they do now.”"
I think that is a fair statement as it applies to his company's mountain guides.
But if its meant to apply to local BC skiers, this quote shows a lot of disrespect for the local BC skiers who's trails Bultler's company guides have been following for years in order to find new places to ski.
Once "found" by the guide "followers", that terrain is put up for sale to tourists who barely know how to put on a pair of Alpine touring skis.
One of his Corporation co owners had such little understanding of the hairpin terrain and safety protocols that he triggered an avalanche down on a local BC skier climbing our standard, well known route.
The standard safety protocol is to check to make sure the Avalanche path below you is clear before you intentionally trigger an avalanche.
That did not happen and it placed this person's life in jeopardy all because of the careless actions of a guide out to make cash that day.
When I discussed this accident, which I consider negligent behavior for a guide, with the district Ranger at the time Mike Liu, he informed me of the action the forest service was taking.
That FS action was to simply tell the guide company to please review your safety protocols.
Prior to this accident we had discussed this very safety issue of the potential for guides to trigger avalanches down on us.
. I had already witnessed how they operate in our local mountains and have read many fatal accident reports concerning other guide companies.
The FS did not take effective action to mitigate this important safety issue and it almost cost someone their life.
They didn't do it then and they didn't do it after the accident. That's our FS in action and it helps explain thier attitude on safety that has cost many clients and guides injury and death.
Both the Forest Service and these commercial mountain guide operations treat our mountains like they're just another Disneyland ride, when they are so much more.