Ski mountaineering is a relativly new take on alpinism and climbing mountains. Not only must climbers have the necessary mountaineering skills they must also be incredible extreme skiers. Dave Watson oppitimises this new breed of inspirational alpine adventureres. In August 2009 he climbed to within 500 feet of the summit of K2 (bad snow conditions stopped him reaching the top) then attached skiis and took the ride of his life !
I hope you enjoy this extreme ski mountaineering video – Please take a moment to comment afterwards and give your thoughts on Dave Watson’s epic climbing challenge, is this the ultimate form of mountaineering, is it in the spirit of alpinism, do you dream of attemping your own K2 expedition ?
For more information on the alpinist Dave watson’s radical mountaineering decent of K2 visit his website www.k2tracks.com
Credits for the images used in this movie about ski mountaineering on K2 belong to Dave Watson.
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Hi Luke,
What a STUNNING video – great editing job & thank you for sharing – I’m glad I came across it on Twitter & have retweeted for you
It’s so inspiring to see people living life at its frontiers!
All the very best to you and Dave Watson on the next ‘crazy journey’,
Naomi
I agree Naomi, sport can teach us so much more about life than simply success or failure. It has a powerful capacity to heal and to share moments with friends that we will always remember. The journey we take through life is such an exciting one and living it to the full, sharing it with people we love is so important.
Naomi has a fabulous website that includes some amazing wildlife photography from her native South Africa. Please click on her name in the comment above to view.
Thank you, Luke, how kind of you…I’ll be back soon to browse some more & hope you don’t mind that I’ve added a link to your site from mine. This stuff is too special not to share