realskiers

It really amazes me that these guys were going after it so long ago on the gear they had at the time.  They were definitely "tough SoBs". 

My Father tells me stories of skiing in Europe in the late forties and fifties.  He grew up in Germany, and for a winter getaway would go backcountry skiing in the Alps and Carpathian Mountains in Czechoslovakia....a lone.  Leather boots, wooden skis with cable bindings, backpack with lunch, woolen clothes....you get the picture.  He would make his way across the high alpine meadows, hiking up and telemarking down the slopes from village to village.  Staying in small inns along the way, he'd take a week or more for such a trip, and then catch a train home.  Tough S-O-B is an apt description.  When I talk to him about modern resort skiing, he just shakes his head and gives me a whimsical knowing grin.  Although he does perk up when I mention the resurgence of backcountry skiing in North America. 

Maybe one day I will retrace his footsteps.  Sounds completely fantastic.

Liam -- great video.  Loved it!