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45 years ago today, Bill Briggs skis the Grand Teton
Posted on 6/15/16 at 4:57 pm
Posted on 6/15/16 at 4:57 pm
If you look very closely, you can see his zigzag tracks just to the right of the main ridge. He's still a ski instructor at age 84.
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Posted on 6/15/16 at 4:57 pm to Jim Rockford
Steep is a great documentary on ski mountaineering that includes his story. He was truly an American pioneer of it. That photo is the only one that exists of his first tracks down the grand. He went up in that airplane with a local reporter the next day, who took the picture.
This post was edited on 6/15/16 at 5:03 pm
Posted on 6/15/16 at 4:58 pm to Jim Rockford
Cool ski story, bro.
Posted on 6/15/16 at 4:59 pm to Jim Rockford
Posted on 6/15/16 at 5:01 pm to Jim Rockford
See him Sunday at the coach probably....
Posted on 6/15/16 at 5:04 pm to lanticguy
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See him Sunday at the coach probably....
Yeah doesn't he play in a band there? I assume you live in JH?
Posted on 6/15/16 at 5:29 pm to Jim Rockford
Posted on 6/15/16 at 5:38 pm to BestBanker
Might head to my place in J Hole in my jet this weekend
Posted on 6/15/16 at 5:46 pm to Jim Rockford
Good lord... I can't even comprehend the skill and talent required to ski shite like that.
Posted on 6/15/16 at 5:47 pm to BoostAddict
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Good lord... I can't even comprehend the skill and talent and balls required to ski shite like that.
Posted on 6/15/16 at 5:53 pm to BoostAddict
I think the East Wall at A Basin is nuts. That is just insane.
Posted on 6/15/16 at 8:13 pm to Jim Rockford
Why did he do it in June? Is it safer in summer?
I'll be backpacking just behind that mountain in 3 weeks...hope the snow remains!
I'll be backpacking just behind that mountain in 3 weeks...hope the snow remains!
Posted on 6/15/16 at 8:56 pm to Jim Rockford
Ya my OT baller pad is real
This post was edited on 6/15/16 at 8:58 pm
Posted on 6/15/16 at 10:45 pm to Jim Rockford
I was in Jackson Hole a few years ago with some buddies, and we were in the million dollar cowboy bar. An old guy was shooting pool. He was using one of those walkers that double as a wheelchair, and he had an oxygen mask.
One of my buddies convinced another one that it was Bill Briggs, so he goes over there and starts chatting him up telling him how much he admires him.
What makes Briggs' accomplishment greater is that he had to hike to the top in order to ski down. And he did both with a bum hip.
One of my buddies convinced another one that it was Bill Briggs, so he goes over there and starts chatting him up telling him how much he admires him.
What makes Briggs' accomplishment greater is that he had to hike to the top in order to ski down. And he did both with a bum hip.
Posted on 6/15/16 at 11:37 pm to Cosmo
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Might head to my place in J Hole in my jet this weekend
Hit me up on hooli chat
This post was edited on 6/15/16 at 11:38 pm
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