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Professional Ski Filmmaker Befriends Puppy on High Alpine Expedition in Peru

In 2013, ski filmmaker Bjarne Salén and professional skier Andreas Fransson embarked upon a journey to the mountains of Peru for an alpine expedition. On their expedition, they made an unexpected friend. Salén wrote in an Instagram post: “This story is really bananas and I’m stoked to share it if you want to listen: In 2013 @andreasfransson99 and I went to Peru […]

SnowBrains | April 20, 2020
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Avalanche in Peru Kills Three | One Survives 24-Hours in 65′ Deep Crevasse

An avalanche came down on four famous Estonian mountaineers in Peru’s Cordillera Blanca last Sunday. The avalanche threw the four mountaineers into a 65-foot deep crevasse. One of the Estonians has been rescued from the crevasse. The other three climbers are still missing and assumed to have perished. The avalanche occurred at 19,400-feet (only 300-feet from the summit) on Tocllaraju peak in the Cordillera Blanca mountain range in Peru this past Sunday. lone […]

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SnowBrains | June 10, 2015
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MSP Skis Peru’s Cordillera Blanca

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It appears that Red Bull has kicked MSP into high gear.Over the next couple of months, we’re going to be giving glimpses at our latest MSP project, Days of My Youth. Kicking it off is our trip to Peru’s Cordillera Blanca last June/July with James Heim, Sam Anthamattenn, Adrian Ballinger and the film crew of myself, Jason Ebelheiser and Canyon Florey. Enjoy! – MSP Director Scott Gaffney […]

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SnowBrains | December 26, 2013
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Does Style Matter? | “Big Mountain Ethics” by Andreas Fransson

Top notch big mountain extreme skier Andreas Fransson recently got back from skiing and climbing in Peru’s Cordillera Blanca. He made some smart decisions about turning around in bad conditions and bad weather and feels like he got some flack about it. It dawned on him that big mountain skiing needs an ethics change. It’s not all about making the summit and skiing the big face – it’s about skiing a mountain with good style, good technique, and coming home in one piece. After enough thinking, he got to writing and this is what he had to […]

SnowBrains | September 4, 2013
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Skiing in Peru’s Cordillera Blanca: Copa and Quitaraju

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This May and June I had the opportunity to join a trip to try and ski some high peaks in Peru’s Cordillera Blanca. This report is from the third part of our trip: attempts to ski Nevado Copa and Quitaraju. Check out the first and second parts of our trip here: Quebrada Ishinca and Artesonraju.   Having been denied summits twice in a […]

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Lee Lyon | June 25, 2013
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Skiing in Peru’s Cordillera Blanca: Artesonraju (Paramount Peak)

This May and June I had the opportunity to join a trip to try and ski some high peaks in Peru’s Cordillera Blanca. This report is from the second part of our trip: an attempt to ski Artesonraju. For the first part, our adventure into the Quebrada Ishinca, CLICK HERE.   After being thwarted on Tocllaraju, we retreated to Huaraz to […]

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Lee Lyon | June 19, 2013
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Skiing in Peru’s Cordillera Blanca: Urus, Ishinca and Tocllaraju | Photo Tour

This May and June I had the opportunity to join a trip to try and ski some high peaks in Peru’s Cordillera Blanca. This report is from the first part of our trip: the journey from Switzerland to Huaraz Peru, and our adventure into the Quebrada Ishinca.   I entered this trip with some hesitation, for a couple of reasons. […]

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Lee Lyon | June 18, 2013
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Skiing Peru’s Cordillera Blanca: Video Reports from Urus, Ishinca, and Artesonraju

This May and June I had the opportunity to join a trip to try and ski some high peaks in Peru’s Cordillera Blanca. This post gives a little taste of what we got up to. It features two videos: one from our acclimatization climbs on Urus Este and Ishinca, and one POV video from Artesonraju’s SE face.     Stay […]

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Lee Lyon | June 17, 2013
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