Me too🤗 But I do think there is virtue in honesty. The best mountain people end up in shit situations. Most of them don’t make a youtube vid about it. Because they’re guides and it would hurt their reputation. Because they’re just proud and won’t admit a mistake. I think we can learn from each others mistakes as a community. And yes, the storyteller in me loves working with material like this. Wavy was a shit trip, but a good movie. Still, believe me when I say every inch of me prefers the glory pow of the upcoming vids.

I seldom quote Warren Buffett: but in this case it makes sense… “it’s good to learn from your own mistakes - but even better, if you can, learn from other peoples’ mistakes “ thank you very much for sharing this!

I love being able to see what really goes on out there and the challenges that you all face. Glad you are safe!

Always better to live to ride another day.

@@Nikolai_Schirmer we like you man. you make by far the best content i've seen. push, but also don't push when you or others with you don't know. this vid was a perfect example not continuing higher. all love

My favorite shot of the film. Not only creative, but absolutely matches Nico and Kristers style and humor. Excellent first official outing Vetle!

epic shot

I laughed at the humor of the shot and then laughed harder at the idea of him taking the time to set up that shot for one second of footage. Those little details make a big difference

Agreed. The general attitude just doesn't seem appropriate. This is a group of serious shredders without a doubt but I feel like the FIFTY is a better representation of backcountry approach with healthy paranoia. There was a wildsnow article with a good comments discussion on this, but it is no longer visible.

I think it's important to realize the difference between Norwegian avalanche hazards and bc avalanche hazards. Ours are typified by DPWLs almost every single season where as when there is a pwl, Norwegians typically just don't ski until it goes away (which it actually does). Their primary problems are wind slab and storm slab. This means consequences are usually way worse for bc, particularly in our cross loaded colouirs. Consider that a) you aren't seeing the majority of the precautions these guys take and b) the consequence half of the risk analysis equation is considerably different in Norway. Then, there is also risk tolerance. Clearly the risk tolerance of a madman going 100km/h on skis mere meters away from not one but two sharp rock walls while jumping over sharkfins has a much higher risk tolerance than both of us right out the gate.

@@fr3d80000 Great points. Also agreed

Totally agreed. At this point it's just a matter of time until something happens. I really hope they learn from this

the view on the stuff changes with kids, cody is a prime example, he himself said that when he was younger he skied stuff in a way that he would no longer do today

Thank you for the concern Mark. I do appreciate it. Not sure what to say, other than watch the video till the end and see what the message of it is maybe?

I really hope that this content doesn't inspire amateur's to go out and make the poor decisions that Nico is making.

​@@Nikolai_Schirmer I did and always do watch until the end. Your content is great.

@@seannagel3670 An amateur has no business doing runs like this to begin with

​@@Vlad-bs1jstell that to the amateur

Sorry Markus, and I recognize this is coming from a good place like most of the comments, but you're just way off in your presumptions here. First. I have changed. I used to send it and hope for the best. I don't do that anymore. Second. An avalanche does not equal death. These avalanche were the smallest possible category, smaller than the sluff that chased me in the video from Chamonix. The reason I made a big deal about them wasn't the actual risk they posed, but the poor decision making those 20m of the couloir, where I reacted too slowly to conditions changing suddenly after having been good through the bottom part of the couloir. This is not a video where I, nor anyone else nearly died. It could have been. It could also have been a video about dragons. It isn't. Let's stick to what happened. And yes, avalanches are common if you actually spend a bit of in the mountains. Mostly small ones like this luckily. The bigger ones can kill. Third, Vetle is just about the most vocal person I've been with in the mountain. And even more cautious than Joonas, with zero fear of telling me when he feels something is sketchy. But yes, obviously the employee-employer relationship plays into our dynamic. But no, Vetle can sit at the bottom of the couloir for all I care. He comes along on the runs that he wants to. Fourth (and I'd like everyone else in the comments who're so sure about things they know very little about to rest on this point for a second) you could not be more wrong about the way I've structured my productions for the winter. Since 2018 I've deliberately set them up so there's no point during a winter I have to produce anything, so I can wait for safe conditions to do so :-) Again, I recognize that you come from a good place, but it's just really hard to take any of this to heart when it's all so wrong.. Sorry. Thanks for watching.

@@Nikolai_Schirmer Very cool to see your calm well crafted reply, stay safe out there and all the best!

they are making content "nearly die in avalanche" == pushed 10cm layer of snow that wouldn't hurt if you will be on its way (they wasn't) they just hypeing for veiws, no real danger so far, just talking about it

​@@Nikolai_Schirmer An avalanche doesn't equal death. A round of Russian roulette doesn't equal death. I don't have the skills, experience or knowledge to statistically equate the 2 but, for me, I'm not keen on being involved in either and feel like that comment (tho difficult to understand the true depths when it is just text) is kinda poking the croc's butt with a stick. I do respect the honesty with which you put this video together as we all need a reality check on a regular basis because this helps us all learn more. I hope the comments don't discourage further self evaluation but I also hope that you're not in that kind of situation again. peace out bro

​@@artemsokolov5007 yes it won't hurt you but if you will ride the 10 cm slab in a couloir. You will get injured or even die. My friend did it and died.

Insane .... i dont get it , why , why he did not give warning

You call those avalances? 🤣🤣🤣🤣

Thanks :)

I wonder if Cody would go after an objective with them. The risk tolerance and decision making process between the two parties seems vastly different.

I don't think Niko & his friends would have made it this far, with the lines they are skiing, without having a rock-solid understanding of avy mechanics and psychology. But mistakes happen, I'm sure Cody makes them too. It's good that they admit them! I'd love that collaboration though, would be rad.

Cody's risk tolerance is FAR lower than these guys. I hate to say it, but I really don't think the way this channel handles risk is sustainable.

@@juniper1286 That's what they call a hiuristic trap. The idea that "since they haven't gotten killed yet they must know what they are doing"

@@alpinejonny Absolutely! AIARE 1 talks about this a ton. The mountains are a wicked classroom

How do you ski powder in cross country skis? It's barely doable in old-school straight downhill skis...

@@humanbeing2420 When all you do is cross country, you get very strong legs and ankles. The rental boots were very sturdy ankle high boots, which did help a lot. The skis were proper skis (not racing skis) with 75mm Nordic Norm bindings and heal locators; basically a poor mans Telemark set. Regarding skiing power in cross country skis, you just have to do Telemark style turns, but you have to keep your speed up or find some steep terrain. Want to give it a go? You can probably find some old cross country gear for cheap in a yard sale, not a bad idea given the price of gear these days. Wishing you happy times!