Hanging from my ice axe over a cliff - a ski tour with mixed success // The Corona Diaries Pt. 4
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- Опубликовано: 5 сен 2024
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HOW ARE YOU NOT AT 10 MILLION SUBSCRIBERS DUDE. THESE VIDEOS ARE STRAIGHT OUT OF A MOVIEEEEEE!
I agree, but the thing is millions of people watch his vids and love them but just don’t sub or like. So he has far more support than shown.
Because our culture popularized people who are flashy, arrogant, and rich, and views calculated risk takers as idiots, ohhh the hypocrisy
Because of the way he acts when he isn't skiing.
"Im gonna take it super easy here"
Proceeds to fall down the cliff.
"Oh damn that was scary"
Proceeds to climb down, hangig from a stick, which he easily broke off the bush.
Utrulig bra, bør ikkje du avertere litt meir gjennom diverse ski-podcasts? (Blister). Alle som ser videoane dine blir jo slått i bakken over kvaliteten.
Stå på :)
snow anchors are actually incredibly strong. There's demonstrations of people using twix bars to hold them. Still, I don't know if I'd trust my life with it, but you do feel pretty secure if the anchor is built right.
He's back!
Winter soon!😃
Stoked is an understatement.
@@Nikolai_Schirmer Not soon enough. Hiking's fun and all, but it's far too hot here in the summer. Can't wait for the resorts to open!
AHHHHH, Niko we’ve missed you too much. Miss you man
So good Niko. And that move to kick off your ski and get your boot in was ridiculously slick. I'm not sure it would've occurred to me. And I love how sending your ski down range ended so well. "Hello ski!"
I literally thought he was joking about the branch and then I was like "wow, even putting it in his backpack, dedicated joke there..." xD
I would love to see an interview on what you should have done, things you would have done differently and a little education on how to make these decisions. Also, how did you get your axe out. Love the content, keep it up
Nikolai never half does anything. From skiing to filming and editing a vlog for RUclips he always goes all in.
This is the sickest series so far, well done Niko ✌️ makes me miss winter even more
Its back now hope you are enjoying it.
Such an underrated channel
How is your content just sitting here for free?!?! Great skiing and insane quality. Keep it up!
Mate you were so bloody close to dying. I've had several of these near death experiences on high angle big lines with "visually good snow", but hidden white ice underneath. I'm very glad that you were able to solve this math problem. As a fellow mountaineer/shredder, I have feedback for you: In the end you describe that the lesson was basically to "pay attention to aspect". While I agree with this detail, I'll also add that down climbing into your route with ice tools and crampons to check conditions is CRITICAL. I've very nearly been killed by these bad ice situations, and now at 36 years old with 20+ years experience, I never drop into a consequential line without climbing down into it first. This is particularly important when your line sets you up above terminal exposure. Death is real buddy. I've lost 12 friends to this game.
Even with climbing into the line you still get fucked though. This past winter I climbed into a 55 degree headwall and deemed it "edgeable". But as I linked my first few turns, I realized that my edges were not able to break the ice crust. I had a very complex situation of swapping into crampons mid face, and eventually climbed out.
Be more careful mate! Your RUclips videos are rad. But you being alive and in your community is more rad.
Thanks man. That 55 degree headwall sounds really scary.
For sure there were more lessons than the aspect change.
From a blog post I’m doing for Norrøna:
«The problem was that ice of course. I had skied the neighbouring couloir with Merrick Mordal and Emma Sunnefeldt Nyberg just a few days earlier. In prime conditions. What I hadn’t paid sufficient mind to was the fact that this couloir was a tiny bit more east facing, with a smaller rock wall protecting it from the elements, so the wind had worn the snow away leaving only a thick ice crust with a deceiving dusting of fresh snow. Even more deceiving as the flat peak we dropped in from had a thick blanket of good snow.
(...)
I could’ve roped up and lowered myself onto the slope, to check that the snow was good. I could’ve stopped and climbed back up once I had my ice axe in hand, or at that point asked for a rope from my partner. And I could’ve kicked off both skis immediately after I lost my grip on them.»
@@Nikolai_Schirmer Hey I just reread my comment. In no way did I intend to sound condescending! I really love your videos! You guys get after some highly creative, highly awesome objectives! Your clip here just really hit home for me. Actually kinda shook me up a little! I think for people who've had these close calls have a more visceral emotional response. Two other situations that stick out for me:
I once rode into the NW Couloir on Mt. Shuksan in the North Cascades (Washington State). The upper route was creamy sun-effected pow and highly rippable. As I dove into the main fall line, the slope became convex, making it impossible to really see the details of the conditions below. As I dropped over the roll it changed to bulletproof glacier ice on a 50 degree wall. I got stuck on my heelside edge above a 3,000 foot potential fall. Ended up using and ice screw and "scootching" out to safety on a small shoulder.
The other situation was on the Mowich Face on Mount Rainier. We front pointed half the night and into the morning climbing a 5,000 foot face that cruxed out at ~55-60 at the very top. When it came time to drop in, we thought that things had softened enough to be safe. That wasn't the case. It was an inch of corn-slush on blue fucking glacier ice. We made it down, BARELY. There were several turns up there that were very nearly fatal for me. I actually had to swap to crampons twice to downclimb sections that were not edgeable. I learned what my true limits of risk tolerance are that day, and I'll never push that hard again. If I'm too gripped to ride it cleanly, I know I'm pushing too hard! LOL
Anyway bud, I really appreciate your videos and the vibe you bring to the ski community. Keep it up and stay safe brother!!
Woah, scary incidents for sure! Always scary when you realize you’ve oushed it too far. Happy you made it out ok.
And thanks! Hope you get a good winter
WOW!!!!!! My hands and feet were sweating just watching this!!!
3:18 "I'll just take it super easy here." Quality.
Done with the first round of watching. I guess it´s time for the second now
1:07 that sound is so satisfying
Man these videos are incredible I hope you keep up the great filming and adventures. Oh my god this is really phenomenal work. So stoked to get season started!!
Thanks Thomas! Winter’s coming👏🤩
Amazing self rescue, you kept your cool and saved your life. Hopefully you took away some lessons learned from it. Ski safe and best wishes,
Cathal
Love the edit, love the Musik that u use, love the camera shots and most of all your personality. Such an inspiration keep it up, looking forward for more of those masterpiece videos 😇
Did my first high angle backcountry line in April, crampons and ice axes were used, such a incredible and fun experience, can't wait to do it again this year! We had the benefit of going up the slope we were going down so we could check out the snow before sending it. Haha 👍👍
That scared the crap out of me but you did it anyways!!! What a boss! No matter how well I ski I can’t even imagine trying anything you do. One day I must learn how to climb and ski, I must!! You are a huge inspiration, you and your friends!! Stay safe brotha 🎿
How does niko only have 28k subs??? Genuinely some of the best videos on yt.
Already at 43K three months later, so it's going in the right direction!
It's like Christmas today with all the videos! Wohooo!
All four videos are absolutely amazing. Good job!
Dude...I just had an empathy heart attack for you, when you dropped in!! My mind is blown! Loving your videos, the narrations, the production. Marvelous thank you!
Every day I try to get one of your videos in, I just love your content
Happy you stop by🙌🏻
I had more highs and lows watching this than any movie I've seen in theaters! Amazing work! Way to kick the ski off :)
Epic! Just downed the whole corona series. Learned a lot from your comments, thank you for adding those explanations and graphics!
Glad you like them!
found your channel close to the end of last winter can't wait to be updated with new content :)
I love all there videos so cool! Enjoy be safe out there pleasing all of us xo
Good timing with the sluff!
Plunged that ice axe like a boss! Sick save dude. What a Rad knarly start to a line haha.
Most dope video ever, thats a ptarmigan btw
Yes finally
Anxiety maxxed out
wow that was scary... so, what now (calmest voice with smile on his lips) - Pulse 50bpm
How does the "biodegradable" snow anker would work out when the 2nd guy decided to go down as well, since you put a sling around the twigs? Does the sling stay ? Omega epic video. Stay safe Niko!
Well it wouldn’t really be very biodegradable with the sling staying, so that’s a fair point Sebastian! Hehe I guess it’s more for the fun of it. A piece of caroenter’s wood would probably be better for safety too.
Thanks!
Same thought here. With a longer, more sturdy stick you might be able to do it without the slings.
Jeez .. that’s nuts ! .. you got lucky with the ski you kicked off .. it could have gone the whole way down.
How at 3:23 did the shot go from you having poles in both your hands and ice axe on your pack, to you magically having your ice axe out and in one hand and both poles in the other? A little movie magic huh..
That was some great thinking and reaction. Otherwise bad news!
Sluff management at 7:05 was on point.
A very pointy point.
Here before the channel blows up
Yesss
Alltså bästa kontot på youtube
Fantastic stuff, as always! But can't help wonder what's going on as you enter the coulouir? You start with a pole in each hand, then suddenly the ice axe appears??
I realize that’s a bit confusing. It’s edited a bit quicker than real time, but I should’ve given it more space I guess, given all the comments. I managed to stop and pull out my axe, and only after my skis lost all grip stepping down against the concave slope (so only the tips and tails were acfatching against the ice)
@@Nikolai_Schirmer Thoughts on posting a longer version of this clip? Hearing the details actually makes this situation sound even scarier. I think it would be interesting to see how you were able to get the axe in, etc.
Thanks for sharing!
@@hans-peterklett8586 Yeah! Maybe I could do a walkthrough like Nathan Florence does of his wipeouts 🤠
@@Nikolai_Schirmer Just watched one of those, that sounds awesome!
@@Nikolai_Schirmer Why did you edit out the most important part of the video, how you did a self arrest. You went from falling to being arrested and plunging an axe to setup a temporary anchor. You skipped over the self arrest and getting the axe from your bag. I fear that this gives viewers the impression that this one handed ice axe plunge is a real method for arresting a fall. For anyone interested, it is not and in this case and most cases it would have not worked at all.
did you attach your ice axe to backpack? for me, the editing at 3:23 looks like your fall was catched by the ice axe, but your entrance in the couloir is skied with both poles in your hand and no sign of the ice axe near. this leads me to the question what happened between the fall and the catch with the ice axe..?
I think the skis caught a tiny edge in ice and stopped, and then he grabbed the axe which was strapped outside the pack and plunged it in for anchor (as opposed to self-arrest position if he were to arrest the fall with the axe). Then either the edge broke, or he moved slightly and didn't have the momentum to re-cut into the snow-ice. Not as dramatic as shown in the edit, but pretty epic anyway :)
its cutted. Blocked by skis vs rock/ice. And when "comfortable he pullz out axe. Mind the poles gone from both hand to one hand with dron view.
@@filda2005 that's for sure! i question why he is not showing all the footage of this crucial situation. in this situation, it looks difficult to hold balance while pulling out the ice axe (if you have no quick access by arresting it between your backpack and your back). even with the ice axe (which was for sure the best hold in this situation) he was pushing for a second (worse) hold with the poles because he felt not safe. so i can't imagine how he could hold balance and pull of the backpack for grabbing the axe. so is he dramatising the situation (and felt very comfortable) or was he even in bigger trouble than it looks? or what happened in between? i can not imagine that it was not that spectacular to show in the video...
@@ChangPeng i don't think it was that simple...
@@SoulFullParrot 100% agreed. Probably my first comment on YT for years but yea, pushing with both poles in the right hand when he had skis + ice axe suggest he did not feel safe. So how did he pull the the ice axe out with only the skis holding him? In any case really cool couloir and good video overall
Tru Nar Nar .. As a fireman in NYC i understand the need for levity when the shit hits the fan. You did it right. Heavy shit, very well done..
Thanks Dave! happy you get it
Holy Shit I have a panic attack just watching this! Nikolai is so calm and methodical.
quite an epic run for a ski rescue operation :)
At 6:06 it looks like those are the ends of the ropes you rappelled on? If so, please, please, think about trying knots in the end of your ropes before rappelling. Lots of people die by accidentally rappelling off the end of their ropes.
Epic series niko. Production quality is so good!!
A great film about not skiing a couloir!
OMG, shitting bricks at 3:30
doo da! doo da!
Thanks for the morning sweats at the computer
WOW ! That was incredible stuff, keep up the awesome content man !
How did you evaluate the couloir conditions before dropping in? Why did you not just backtrack and call it a day?
2:06 This is just like the way my grandfather, got ro school every day - apparently.
Great video guy’s 😊👏👏👏 !!!!!!
Nice man!! Love your videos. How did you go from two poles to an axe so fast. It seems like you must have dropped in, stopped, pulled out the axe, and then edited it all together after
Yes, so in the edit it's quicker than how it happened in real time. I arrested after that first slide out, pulled out my axe, and only after that lost the grip on my edges
Thanks, and, great you were able to arrest. What is your opinion on whippets?
Never tried them! But would’ve been good in a situation like this one I guess
Thanks for the great edits
Best RUclipsr ever
SO UNDERRATED!
high quality videos my man, you keep this up youll have at least 300k
like it so much，keep on bro
🔥🔥🔥
You are extremely fortunate.
I am really hoping to be able to go skiing this season.
Nikolai, how close were you to not catching with the axe?
Love The vid!😍
Wow, that was scary haha. Glad you're all good buddy 👊🏻
Soulbrother no. 1
yeah, good stuff!
Thanks!
great adventure and awesome looking skiing! good job-gets the heart racing. what was the rap set up? were you able to retrieve the sling on the snow anchor?
Thanks! Yep, so Eirik didn’t come down the north side and grabbed the sling when he went down the south side with Rasmus the drone pilot
YES I LOVE YOU!
I no expert but he’s trying to ski down a slope with no sun on it and is surprised it’s still icy from the night.
Hey Nikolai, looks like you're holding two poles right when you drop, then it cuts to the ice axe arrest. Where did you have it stashed to make that happen so quickly?
I grabbedit from the norrøna lofoten pack with one hand (they have a good system for it), but the sequence is cut down in time, it didn't happen exactly that quick
How did you not consider the potential variability in snow on the different aspect?
and im still asking myself why not ride the big plain on the left of the couloir :P
you dudes rock from AK and we need to connect... like mined riding!!!
Tutto quel tribolo e quel rischio per poi scendere quasi a diritto senza godersi la discesa facendo qualche bella curva.
Damn!! Soo good but please stay safe
Finally!!!
Hmm nice one 👌🏼
How and where did u get your axe out so quick
that ski could've gone a lot farther i guess, your videos rock man super cool :)
This is like something out of some cheesy action movie that you would say "pshhh that would never happen in real life"
They aren't balls.They are basketballs!
Back on track
Questionable decision making
Very
@@colincarver893 very questionable. Yet they felt it was cool to post the video about it ???
@@M365_Minion ??? Clearly we all learned something from it
That's an understatement
@@M365_Minion Haha what? You cant be serious
That was sick! I'm just wondering how did he want to ski through that upper narrow section? Barely fit there by hanging on the rope
Yurii Kyrychynskyi the original plan was to jump, if the snow had been good. Then we decided to check it out more closely, to see if we had to use a rope, and then I realized it was all ice🤷♂️
@@Nikolai_Schirmer That moment was so sketchy, but jump sounds really crazy :) Indeed this is an epic video but stay safe Nikolai!
As i understand, he didn't want to go through. He expected soft snow and said he wanted to "check out the cracks".
What is the name of that type of sport? Climbskidying? Again an amazing vid Niko!
Thanks dude!
And on top of that he is using an adze less ski mo racing axe in the mountains on a real mission.
The whole point of an adze is to chop a platform in ice conditions when crampons would take too long or are inaccessible...aka almost the very situation he finds himself in
This guy needs a mentor
Det der hva spicy..
What a smart decision it was risking your life there👍
the snow and the hill on your Right side really looks bad and boring👍
I’m sure you know more than a professional skier 👍🏻 Things like this happen when you are constantly producing new content to keep up with the current competition in pro skiing. Stick to your day job and let him stick to his
@@djb7982 i live in Rauma Norway and have been skiing my whole life. if you want to have a look what the mountains look where i live: look it up on google and meanwhile enjoy your life in the concrete jungle with your cappuccino
very bad general awarness, very good final slope
Where do I go, and who do I seek out to start training like this? I'm trynna ski my life away...
What drone does he use?
Mavic 2 pro :)
F****** crazy
One lesson here is be aware of "social factors" and resist from impressing your friends. Could you have had a more conservative entrance to the couloir without an audience? Still, amazing work!
How does he get his ice axe out so fast when he was holding two poles in both hands? 😖
It’s also really strange how they managed to hike up a mountain in just three minutes🤔 something seems amiss here